The incorporation of a non-natural amino acid (aza-tryptophan) may help to crystallize a protein and to solve its crystal structure. Application to bacteriophage λ lysozyme

Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 430-435

  Evrard, Christine ^a   Fastrez, Jacques ^a   Declercq, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AZA TRYPTOPHAN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LAMBDA LYSOZYME;

AZA COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; MURAMIDASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 0033081528     PISSN: 09074449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S0907444998011901     Document Type: Article

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