The Invertase Inhibitor Nt-CIF from Tobacco: A Highly Thermostable Four-helix Bundle with an Unusual N-terminal Extension

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 335, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 987-995

  Hothorn, Michael ^a   D'Angelo, Igor ^a   Márquez, José Antonio ^a,c   Greiner, Steffen ^b   Scheffzek, Klaus ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b Heidelberger Inst F P   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Nicotiana tabacum; Pectin methylesterase; Posttranslational regulation

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CELL WALL INVERTASE INHIBITOR; NICOTIANA TABACUM EXTRACT; PECTINESTERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; BINDING SITE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME REGULATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0345827943     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.10.066     Document Type: Article

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