Crystal structure of human serum albumin complexed with fatty acid reveals an asymmetric distribution of binding sites

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 827-835

  Curry, Stephen ^a   Mandelkow, Hendrik ^a   Brick, Peter ^a   Franks, Nick ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYRISTIC ACID; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0031683467     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/1869     Document Type: Article

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