Recognition and interaction of small rings with the ricin A-chain binding site

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-41

  Yan, Xinjian ^a   Day, Philip ^a   Hollis, Thomas ^a   Monzingo, Arthur F ^a   Schelp, Elizabeth ^a   Robertus, Jon D ^a   Milne, G W A ^b   Wang, Shaomeng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy minimization; Inhibitor design; Ricin structure

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; FORMYCIN; GLUCOSIDASE; GUANINE; PTERIN; RICIN A;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENINE; BINDING SITES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FORMYCINS; GLUCOSIDASES; GUANINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; LIGANDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PTERINS; RICIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032053455     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19980401)31:1<33::AID-PROT4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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