A dynamic N-capping motif in cytochrome b5: Evidence for a pH-controlled conformational switch

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 336-348

  Davis Jr , Ronald B ^a   Lecomte, Juliette T J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

helix; 310 helix; Apocytochrome b 5; D histidine; Ncap; Peptidyl prolyl cis trans isomerization

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B5; HISTIDINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE; PROLINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EPIMER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTON TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; APOENZYMES; CATTLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOCHROMES B5; HOLOENZYMES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 33645318414     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20759     Document Type: Article

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