The crystal structure of an autoprocessed Ser221Cys-subtilisin E-propeptide complex at 2.0 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-144

  Jain, Shri C ^a   Shinde, Ujwal ^b   Li, Yuyun ^b   Inouye, Masayori ^b   Berman, Helen M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein crystal structure; Serine protease structure; Subtilisin E; Subtilisin E propeptide complex; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; SUBTILISIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

EID: 0032553556     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2161     Document Type: Article

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