Solution structure of a defensin-like peptide from platypus venom

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 341, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 785-794

  Torres, Allan M ^a   Wang, Xiuhong ^a   Fletcher, Jamie I ^a   Alewood, Dianne ^b   Alewood, Paul F ^b   Smith, Ross ^b   Simpson, Richard J ^c   Nicholson, Graham M ^d   Sutherland, Struan K ^e   Gallagher, Cliff H ^f   King, Glenn F ^a   Kuchel, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f Taronga Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

defensin fold; HPLC separation of venom components; NMR of proteins; Platypus toxins; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; NEUROTOXIN; PEPTIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DEFENSINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLATYPUS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUTIONS; VAS DEFERENS; VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; HELIANTHUS; MONOTREMATA; STICHODACTYLA HELIANTHUS;

EID: 0033178524     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3410785     Document Type: Article

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