Structure of Haemophilus influenzae Fe+3-binding protein reveals convergent evolution within a superfamily

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 919-924

  Bruns, Christopher M ^a   Nowalk, Andrew J ^b   Arvai, Andrew S ^a   McTigue, Michele A ^c   Vaughan, Kevin G ^b   Mietzner, Timothy A ^b   McRee, Duncan E ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AGOURON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FERRIC ION; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IRON; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030691197     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb1197-919     Document Type: Article

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