Comprehensive NOE characterization of a partially folded large fragment of staphylococcal nuclease Δ131Δ, using NMR methods with improved resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-20

  Zhang, Ouwen ^a,b,c,e   Kay, Lewis E ^c   Shortle, David ^d   Forman Kay, Julie D ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis peptide bond; NOE patterns; Protein NMR; Schellman motif; Unfolded or partially folded states

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ISOMERISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031565731     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1219     Document Type: Editorial

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