Refined structure of lac repressor headpiece (1-56) determined by relaxation matrix calculations from 2D and 3D NOE data: Change of tertiary structure upon binding to the lac operator

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 761-773

  Slijper, M ^a   Bonvin, A M J J ^a,b   Boelens, R ^a   Kaptein, R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DINOSAUR; lac repressorNMR spectroscopy; Protein structure; Relaxation matrix refinement

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030596509     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0356     Document Type: Article

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