A method for localizing ligand binding pockets in protein structures

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 479-488

  Glaser, Fabian ^a   Morris, Richard J ^a,d   Najmanovich, Rafael J ^a   Laskowski, Roman A ^a   Thornton, Janet M ^a,b,c  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ConSurf HSSP; Functional sites; Ligand identification; Ligand shape; Protein clefts; Residue conservation; SURFNET

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; LIGAND; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; LIGAND BINDING; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DATABASES, PROTEIN; LIGANDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOFTWARE;

EID: 30144442036     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20769     Document Type: Article

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