The 1.6 Å resolution crystal structure of nuclear transport factor 2 (NTF2)

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 422-431

  Bullock, Timothy L ^a   Clarkson, W David ^a   Kent, Helen M ^a   Stewart, Murray ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic cavity; Interactions; Nuclear import; Nucleoporin p62; Ran

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HYDROLYASE; NUCLEOPORIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NTF2 PROTEIN, RAT; NUCLEAR PORE PROTEIN P62; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN; SCYTALONE DEHYDRATASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDRO-LYASES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030593377     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0411     Document Type: Article

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