Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of gingipain R2 from Porphyromonas gingivalis in complex with H-D-Phe-Phe-Arg- chloromethylketone

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1259-1261

  Banbula, Agnieszka ^a   Potempa, Jan ^a   Travis, James ^b   Bode, Wolfram ^c   Medrano, Francisco Javier ^c,d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cysteine proteinase; Gingipain R2; Gingipains; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Protein crystallization; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLPROLYLARGINYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE; GINGIPAIN R; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0031863621     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070523     Document Type: Article

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