Structure determination of the three disulfide bond isomers of α-conotoxin GI: A model for the role of disulfide bonds in structural stability

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 401-415

  Gehrmann, John ^a   Alewood, Paul F ^a   Craik, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disulfide bond isomer; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Peptide structure; conotoxin

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VENOM;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DISULFIDE BOND; ISOMER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CONUS GEOGRAPHUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032079381     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1701     Document Type: Article

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