NMR solution structure of Cu(I) rusticyanin from thiobacillus ferrooxidans: Structural basis for the extreme acid stability and redox potential

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 752-767

  Botuyan, Maria Victoria ^a   Toy Palmer, Anna ^a,c   Chung, John ^a   Blake II, Robert C ^b   Beroza, Paul ^a   Case, David A ^a   Dyson, H Jane ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^c TRIPOS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Rusticyanin; Solution structure; Type 1 copper protein

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COPPER ION; PLASTOCYANIN; RUSTICYANIN;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0030589038     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0613     Document Type: Article

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