Solution structure of Pi4, a short four-disulfide-bridged scorpion toxin specific of potassium channels

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1844-1854

  Guijarro, J Iñaki ^a   M'Barek, Sarrah ^b   Gómez Lagunas, Froylan ^c   Garnier, Damien ^a   Rochat, Hervé ^b   Sabatier, Jean Marc ^b   Possani, Lourrival D ^d   Delepierre, Muriel ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cysteine stabilized motif; Disulfide bridges; NMR; Pandinus imperator; Potassium channel; Scorpion toxin

Indexed keywords

CYSTINE; MAUROTOXIN; PANDINUS IMPERATOR TOXIN 4; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SCORPION VENOM; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PANDINUS IMPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCORPION; TOXIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DISULFIDES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INSECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

PANDINUS; PANDINUS IMPERATOR; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0042631535     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03186703     Document Type: Article

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