Crystal Structures of Mutant Forms of the Bacillus caldolyticus Cold Shock Protein Differing in Thermal Stability

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 313, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 359-369

  Delbrück, Heinrich ^a   Mueller, Uwe ^a   Perl, Dieter ^b   Schmid, Franz X ^b   Heinemann, Udo ^a,c  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold shock proteins; Electrostatic interactions; High resolution crystal structure; Site directed mutagenesis; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CALDOLYTICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN CSPB, BACTERIA; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN, BACILLUS; COLD-SHOCK PROTEIN CSPB, BACTERIA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; LEUCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRICITY; GENETICS; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARGININE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLD; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROSTATICS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROGEN BONDING; LEUCINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035914470     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5051     Document Type: Article

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