Mutational and structural analyses of the regulatory protein B of soluble methane monooxygenase from Methyiococcus capsulatus (Bath)

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 441-449

  Brandstetter, Hans ^a,b,c   Whittington, Douglas A ^a   Lippard, Stephen J ^a   Frederick, Christin A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism spectroscopy; Glycine hinge; Hydroxylase; Secondary structure prediction; Size exclusion chromatography

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; METHANOL; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033168599     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(99)80062-3     Document Type: Article

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