The structure of the melittin tetramer at different temperatures: An NOE-based calculation with chemical shift refinement

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 479-487

  Iwadate, Mitsuo ^a   Asakura, Tetsuo ^a   Williamson, Michael P ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical shift; Melittin tetramer; NOE; Ring current effect; Temperature dependence

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; DIMER; MELITTIN; MONOMER; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; TETRAMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; DIMERIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MELITTEN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE;

APOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032532218     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2570479.x     Document Type: Article

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