Packing of the prion Ure2p in protein fibrils probed by fluorescence X-ray near-edge structure spectroscopy at sulfur K-edge

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 356, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 843-849

  Fayard, Barbara ^a,b   Fay, Nicolas ^c   David, Gabriel ^d   Doucet, J ^a,b   Melki, Ronald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Fibrillar structure; Prion; Sulfur K edge XANES; Synchrotron; Ure2p

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN URE2P; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 31344459312     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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