Crystal structure of the conserved subdomain of human protein SRP54M at 2.1 Å resolution: Evidence for the mechanism of signal peptide binding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 697-705

  Clemons Jr, William M ^a   Gowda, Krishne ^b   Black, Shaun D ^b   Zwieb, Christian ^b   Ramakrishnan, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; RNA protein interactions; Signal peptide; Signal recognition particle; SRP54

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033600728     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3090     Document Type: Article

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