Comparative stability analysis of the thyroid transcription factor 1 and Antennapedia homeodomains: Evidence for residue 54 in controlling the structural stability of the recognition helix

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1339-1353

  Tell, Gianluca ^a   Acquaviva, Renato ^b   Formisano, Silvestro ^b   Fogolari, Federico ^c   Pucillo, Carlo ^a   Damante, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

helix; Circular dichroism; Homeodomain; Protein structure; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTENNAPEDIA HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG STABILITY; HEAT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; THYROID GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032874241     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(99)00047-3     Document Type: Article

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