Evolutionarily conserved networks of residues mediate allosteric communication in proteins

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-69

  Süel, Gürol M ^a   Lockless, Steve W ^a   Wall, Mark A ^a   Ranganathan, Rama ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HEMOGLOBIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, PROTEIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEMOGLOBINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0037219686     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb881     Document Type: Article

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