The role of protonation and metal chelation preferences in defining the properties of mercury-binding coiled coils

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 897-912

  Dieckmann, Gregg R ^a,b   McRorie, Donald K ^c   Lear, James D ^b   Sharp, Kim A ^b   DeGrado, William F ^b   Pecoraro, Vincent L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BECKMAN COULTER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coiled coils; De novo design; Hg binding; Molecular modeling; Three coordinate Hg

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; MERCURY; METALLOPROTEIN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHELATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032584776     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1891     Document Type: Article

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