A structural model of the chitin-binding domain of cuticle proteins

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1577-1583

  Hamodrakas, Stavros J ^a   Willis, Judith H ^b   Iconomidou, Vassiliki A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiparallel pleated sheet half barrel; Chitin; Cuticle proteins; Homology modelling; Protein carbohydrate interactions; Retinol binding protein; Structural model

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CHITIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; CUTICLE PROTEINS, INSECTS; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BINDING SITE; CATTLE; CUTICLE; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BOVINAE; INSECTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHITIN; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0036837102     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00079-6     Document Type: Article

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