NMR Solution Structure of Viscotoxin C1 from Viscum Album Species Coloratum ohwi: Toward a Structure-Function Analysis of Viscotoxins

Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 43, 2003, Pages 12503-12510

  Romagnoli, Silvia ^a   Fogolari, Federico ^a   Catalano, Maddalena ^b   Zetta, Lucia ^b   Schaller, Gerhard ^c   Urech, Konrad ^c   Giannattasio, Matteo ^d   Ragona, Laura ^b   Molinari, Henriette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Hiscia Institute   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

PLANT VISCOTOXINS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ALPHA THIONINE; BETA THIONINE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PLANT TOXIN; THIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCOTOXIN; VISCOTOXIN A2; VISCOTOXIN A3; VISCOTOXIN C1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; COLORATUM OHWI; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISCUM ALBUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; VISCUM ALBUM;

VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0242318398     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi034762t     Document Type: Article

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