NMR investigations of protein-carbohydrate interactions. Binding studies and refined three-dimensional solution structure of the complex between the B domain of wheat germ agglutinin and N, N', N''-triacetylchitotriose

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3965-3978

  Espinosa, Juan Felix ^a   Asensio, Juan Luis ^a   García, Jose Luis ^b   Laynez, José ^c   Bruix, Marta ^d   Wright, Christine ^e   Siebert, Hans Christian ^f   Gabius, Hans Joachim ^f   Cañada, Francisco Javier ^a   Jiménez Barbero, Jesus ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hevein; Lectin; Microcalorimetry; NMR; Protein carbohydrate interactions

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; HEVEIN; LECTIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENTHALPY; HYDROGEN BOND; MICROCALORIMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TITRIMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUTIONS; TRISACCHARIDES; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033918059     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01415.x     Document Type: Article

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