Soft metal ions, Cd(II) and Hg(II), induce triple-stranded α-helical assembly and folding of a de novo designed peptide in their trigonal geometries

Protein Science

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1327-1333

  Li, Xiangqun ^a   Suzuki, Kazuo ^a   Kanaori, Kenji ^b   Tajima, Kunihiko ^b   Kashiwada, Ayumi ^a   Hiroaki, Hidekazu ^a   Kohda, Daisuke ^a   Tanaka, Toshiki ^a  

^a BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; De novo design; Folding; Helical structures; Metalloproteins

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; CADMIUM; CYSTEINE; ISOLEUCINE; MERCURY; METAL ION; PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0033853033     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.7.1327     Document Type: Article

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