Cocrystal structure of synaptobrevin-II bound to botulinum neurotoxin type B at 2.0 Å resolution

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 687-692

  Hanson, Michael A ^a   Stevens, Raymond C ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN B; SYNAPTOBREVIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; R-SNARE PROTEINS; SNARE PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033887403     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/77997     Document Type: Article

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