Role of conserved residues in structure and stability: Tryptophans of human serum retinol-binding protein, a model for the lipocalin superfamily

Protein Science

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2301-2316

  Greene, Lesley H ^a,d   Chrysina, Evangelia D ^b   Irons, Laurence I ^b   Papageorgiou, Anastassios C ^b,e   Acharya, K Ravi ^b   Brew, Keith ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conserved residues; Crystal structures; Evolution; Lipocalins; Mutagenesis; Protein folding; Protein stability; Serum retinol binding protein

Indexed keywords

LIPOCALIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0034775160     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.22901     Document Type: Article

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