Roles of hydration water molecules in molecular packing of the killer toxin from Pichia farinosa in its crystalline state investigated by cryogenic X-ray crystallography

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-225

  Nakasako, Masayoshi ^a,c   Tsuchiya, Fumihiko ^b   Arata, Yoji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryogenic X ray crystal structure analysis; Crystal contact; Hydration structure; Killer toxin; Solvent in the confined geometry

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PICHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SOLVATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MYCOTOXINS; PICHIA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

PICHIA; PICHIA FARINOSA;

EID: 0037187815     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(01)00258-7     Document Type: Article

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