Defensin-like peptide-2 from platypus venom: Member of a class of peptides with a distinct structural fold

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 348, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 649-656

  Torres, Allan M ^e   De Plater, Greg M ^a   Doverskog, Magnus ^b   Birinyi Strachan, Liesl C ^c   Nicholson, Graham M ^c   Gallagher, Clifford H ^d   Kuchel, Philip W ^e  

^a Australian National University   (Australia)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Taronga Zoo   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

defensin 12; Disulphide pairing pattern; NMR spectroscopy; Peptide fold

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN; VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLATYPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DEFENSINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLATYPUS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VENOMS;

ANAS SP.; HELIANTHUS; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; STICHODACTYLA HELIANTHUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038335725     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3480649     Document Type: Article

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