X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of zinc coordination in tetanus neurotoxin, astacin, alkaline protease and thermolysin

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 606-612

  Morante, Silvia ^a   Furenlid, Lars ^b   Schiavo, Giampietro ^c   Tonello, Fiorella ^c   Zwilling, Robert ^d   Montecucco, Cesare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extended X ray absorption fine structure; X ray absorption spectroscopy; Zinc endopeptidases

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; ASTACENE; NEUROTOXIN; PROTEINASE; TETANUS TOXIN; THERMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TETANUS TOXIN; THERMOLYSIN; ZINC;

EID: 0030045128     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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