Identification of residues in the dengue virus type 2 NS2B cofactor that are critical for NS3 protease activation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 13708-13716

  Niyomrattanakit, Pornwaratt ^a   Winoyanuwattikun, Pakorn ^a   Chanprapaph, Santad ^a   Angsuthanasombat, Chanan ^a   Panyim, Sakol ^a   Katzenmeier, Gerd ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; NS2B PROTEINASE; NS3 PROTEASE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SERINE; SERINE PROTEINASE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOST CELL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RNA HELICASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 10044278380     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.24.13708-13716.2004     Document Type: Article

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