Involvement of the amino-terminal β-hairpin of the Aspergillus ribotoxins on the interaction with membranes and nonspecific ribonuclease activity

Protein Science

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1658-1668

  García Ortega, Lucía ^a   Lacadena, Javier ^a,c   Mancheño, José M ^a   Oñaderra, Mercedes ^a   Kao, Richard ^b,d   Davies, Julian ^b   Olmo, Nieves ^a   Martínez Del Pozo, Álvaro ^a   Gavilanes, José G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Universidad SEK   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

sarcin; Cytotoxic protein; Protein bilayer interaction; Restrictocin; Ribosome inactivating protein; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SARCIN; CYTOTOXIC FACTOR; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYADENYLIC ACID; RESTRICTOCIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RIBOSOME; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASPERGILLUS; CYTOTOXINS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYCOTOXINS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RIBONUCLEASES; RIBOSOMES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ASPERGILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034925094     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9601     Document Type: Article

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