Molecular structure, binding properties and dynamics of lactoferrin

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 2531-2539

  Baker, E N ^a   Baker, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Cooperative interactions; Crystal structures; Domains; Glycosylation; Iron; Lactoferrin; Surface charge

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; BODY FLUID; BUFFALO; CAMEL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COW; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HORSE; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LEUKOCYTE; MILK; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; PROTEIN BINDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 28344440468     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5368-9     Document Type: Review

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