The refined crystal structure of an eel pout type III antifreeze protein RD1 at 0.62-Å resolution reveals structural microheterogeneity of protein and solvation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 1228-1237

  Ko, Tzu Ping ^a   Robinson, Howard ^b   Gao, Yi Gui ^b   Cheng, Chi Hing C ^b   DeVries, Arthur L ^b   Wang, Andrew H J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; SYNTHETASE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EEL; FISH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BOND; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLVATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANGUILLIFORMES; LYCODICHTHYS DEARBORNI; MACROZOARCES AMERICANUS; PISCES; ZOARCIDAE;

EID: 0037306916     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74938-8     Document Type: Article

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