Crystal structure of tobacco PR-5d protein at 1.8 Å resolution reveals a conserved acidic cleft structure in antifungal thaumatin-like proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1137-1145

  Koiwa, Hisashi ^a   Kato, Hiroaki ^a   Nakatsu, Toru ^a   Oda, Jun'ichi ^a   Yamada, Yasuyuki ^b   Sato, Fumihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Osmotin; Pathogenesis related protein; Tobacco; Zeamatin

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; THAUMATIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033525649     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2540     Document Type: Article

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