Bioincorporation of telluromethionine into proteins: A promising new approach for X-ray structure analysis of proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 616-623

  Budisa, Nediljko ^a   Karnbrock, Wilhelm ^a   Steinbacher, Stefan ^a   Humm, Andreas ^a   Prade, Lars ^a   Neuefeind, Torsten ^a   Moroder, Luis ^a   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Crystallography; Protein analogs; Selenomethionine; Telluromethionine

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; DNA POLYMERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPOCORTIN 5; METHIONINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0031586214     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1132     Document Type: Article

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