Structural mechanism of specific ligand recognition by a lipocalin tailored for the complexation of digoxigenin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 330, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 385-396

  Korndörfer, Ingo P ^a   Schlehuber, Steffen ^a,b   Skerra, Arne ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Pieris Pharmaceuticals GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticalin; Bilin binding protein; Ligand complexation; Protein engineering; Steroid

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; APOPROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; DIGITOXIGENIN; DIGOXIGENIN; HAPTEN; HISTIDINE; LIGAND; LIPOCALIN; STEROID; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 0038799729     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00573-4     Document Type: Article

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