Structure of a calpain Ca2+-binding domain reveals a novel EF-hand and Ca2+-induced conformational changes

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 532-538

  Blanchard, Helen ^a   Grochulski, Pawel ^a,b   Li, Yunge ^a   Arthur, J Simon C ^c   Davies, Peter L ^c   Elce, John S ^c   Cygler, Miroslaw ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALPAIN; SELENOMETHIONINE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CALPAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030998285     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0797-532     Document Type: Article

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