A simple protocol to study blue copper proteins by NMR

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 600-609

  Gelis, Ioannis ^a   Katsaros, Nikolaos ^a   Luchinat, Claudio ^b   Piccioli, Mario ^b,c   Poggi, Luisa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blue copper proteins; NMR spectroscopy; Paramagnetic proteins; Plastocyanin; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COPPER PROTEIN; PLASTOCYANIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYANOBACTERIUM; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; MAGNETISM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPECIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CARBON ISOTOPES; COPPER; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PLASTOCYANIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0037293043     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03400.x     Document Type: Article

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