MiAMP1, a novel protein from Macadamia integrifolia adopts a Greek key β-barrel fold unique amongst plant antimicrobial proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 629-638

  McManus, Ailsa M ^a   Nielsen, Katherine J ^a   Marcus, John P ^a   Harrison, Stuart J ^a   Green, Jodie L ^a   Manners, John M ^a   Craik, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Greek key barrel; NMR spectroscopy; Plant antimicrobial protein; Yeast killer toxin; barrelins

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BASIC PROTEIN; MIAMP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; YEAST;

MACADAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA; MAMMALIA; WILLIOPSIS; WILLIOPSIS SATURNUS VAR. MRAKII;

EID: 0032755341     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3163     Document Type: Article

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