Conversion of a β-strand to an α-helix induced by a single-site mutation observed in the crystal structure of Fis mutant Pro26 Ala

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1875-1883

  Yang, Wei Zen ^a   Ko, Tzu Ping ^a   Corselli, Leah ^b   Johnson, Reid C ^b   Yuan, Hanna S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Hinge proline; Secondary structural change; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROLINE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031713107     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070904     Document Type: Article

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