A crystallographic study of Cys69Ala flavodoxin II from Azotobacter vinelandii: Structural determinants of redox potential

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2284-2295

  Alagaratnam, Sharmini ^a   Van Pouderoyen, Gertie ^b   Pijning, Tjaard ^b   Dijkstra, Bauke W ^b   Cavazzini, Davide ^c   Rossi, Gian Luigi ^c   Van Dongen, Walter M A M ^d   Van Mierlo, Carlo P M ^d   Van Berkel, Willem J H ^d   Canters, Gerard W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flavodoxin; FMN; Hydrogen bonding; Polarity; Redox potentials

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVODOXIN; HYDROQUINONE; LEUCINE; SOLVENT; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACIDITY; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVODOXIN; GLYCINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; LEUCINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 24344449928     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051582605     Document Type: Article

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