The solution structure of BmTx3B, a member of the scorpion toxin subfamily α-KTx 16

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 489-497

  Wang, Yuefeng ^a   Chen, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Naixia ^a   Wu, Gong ^a   Wu, Houming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

BmTx3B; Buthus martensi Karsch; Kca1.1 channel; Kv channel; NMR solution structure; Potassium channel blocker

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BMTX3B; DISULFIDE; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SCORPION VENOM; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DISULFIDES; ELECTROSTATICS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTONS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

BUTHUS; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 11344270733     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20322     Document Type: Article

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