1H-NMR-derived secondary structure and overall fold of a natural anatoxin from the scorpion Androctonus australis hector

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1118-1126

  Blanc, Eric ^a   Hassani, Oussama ^b   Meunier, Sylvie ^a   Mansuelle, Pascal ^b   Sampieri, Francois ^b   Rochat, Hervé ^b   Darbon, Hervé ^a,c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anatoxin; Androctonus australis hector STR1 polypeptide; NMR; Scorpion venom; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

ANATOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; PROTON; STR1 TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANDROCTONUS; ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS HECTOR; MAMMALIA; SCORPIONES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTONS; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030612548     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.01118.x     Document Type: Article

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