Dissection of the structural and functional role of a conserved hydration site in RNase T1

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 722-730

  Langhorst, Ulrike ^a   Loris, Remy ^a   Denisov, Vladimir P ^b   Doumen, Jan ^a   Roose, Patrice ^a   Maes, Dominique ^a   Halle, Bertil ^b   Steyaert, Jan ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conserved water; Hydrogen bond network; NMRD; Protein hydration; Residence time; RNase T1

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE III;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING AND GENE TECHNOLOGY; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032891093     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.4.722     Document Type: Article

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