Structure and potential C-terminal dimerization of a recombinant mutant of surfactant-associated protein C in chloroform/methanol

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2076-2085

  Luy, Burkhard ^a,e   Diener, Alexander ^b   Hummel, Rolf Peter ^c   Sturm, Ernst ^c   Ulrich, Wolf Rüdiger ^d   Griesinger, Christian ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Dept of Physical Organic Chemistry ^*  (Germany)

^d ALTANA PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dimerization; NMR spectroscopy; Surfactant; Surfactant protein C (SP C)

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL GROUP; CHLOROFORM; GLYCOPHORIN A; HEPTAPEPTIDE; HYDROGEN; LEUCINE; METHANOL; PEPTIDE; PHENYLALANINE; SOLVENT; SURFACTANT PROTEIN C; VALINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; MUTANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CHLOROFORM; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; METHANOL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN C; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 2942542659     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04106.x     Document Type: Article

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