The metal site of Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin, revealed by a crystal structure determination of the Co(II) derivative and co-EPR spectroscopy

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-394

  Bonander, Nicklas ^a   Vänngård, Tore ^a   Tsai, Li Chu ^a   Langer, Vratislav ^a   Nar, Herbert ^b   Sjölin, Lennart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

azurin; cobalt; EPR; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; x ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

AZURIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COBALT; COPPER; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 1842376246     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199703)27:3<385::AID-PROT6>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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