Structural details of a calcium-induced molecular switch: X-ray crystallographic analysis of the calcium-saturated N-terminal domain of troponin C at 1.75 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 238-255

  Strynadka, Natalie C J ^a   Cherney, Maia ^a   Sielecki, Anita R ^a   Li, Monica X ^a   Smillie, Lawrence B ^a   James, Michael N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ca2+ binding protein; Ca2+ ligands; Conformational change; Muscle contraction; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; TROPONIN C;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031576345     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1257     Document Type: Article

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