The novel acidophilic structure of the killer toxin from halotolerant yeast demonstrates remarkable folding similarity with a fungal killer toxin

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-94

  Kashiwagi, Tatsuki ^a,d   Kunishima, Naoki ^a   Suzuki, Chise ^b   Tsuchiya, Fumihiko ^c   Nikkuni, Sayuki ^b   Arata, Yoji ^c   Morikawa, Kosuke ^a  

^a BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

halotolerant yeast; killer toxin; protein stability; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; PICHIA; PICHIA FARINOSA; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0031568316     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00168-8     Document Type: Article

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