The specificity of polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP): A single amino acid substitution in the solvent-exposed β-strand/β-turn region of the leucine-rich repeats (LRRs) confers a new recognition capability

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2352-2363

  Leckie, F ^a   Mattei, B ^a   Capodicasa, C ^a   Hemmings, A ^b   Nuss, L ^a   Aracri, B ^a   De Lorenzo, G ^a   Cervone, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leucine rich repeat proteins; Molecular recognition; Polygalacturonase inhibiting protein (PGIP)

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; POLYGALACTURONASE; SOLVENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; HIGHER PLANT; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0033522402     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.9.2352     Document Type: Article

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