Computational de novo design, and characterization of an A2B2 diiron protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 321, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 923-938

  Summa, Christopher M ^a   Rosenblatt, Michael M ^a   Hong, Jae Kyoung ^a   Lear, James D ^a   DeGrado, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Computational design; de novo design; Heterotetramer; Retrostructural analysis

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COBALT; DIIRON PROTEIN; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CALCULATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0036385840     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00589-2     Document Type: Article

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