Coiled coils at the edge of configurational heterogeneity. Structural analyses of parallel and antiparallel homotetrameric coiled coils reveal configurational sensitivity to a single solvent-exposed amino acid substitution

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4463-4473

  Yadav, Maneesh K ^a   Leman, Luke J ^a   Price, Daniel J ^a   Brooks III, Charles L ^a   Stout, C David ^a   Ghadiri, M Reza ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PROTEINS;

COILED-COIL MOTIF; COILED-COIL PEPTIDES; ENERGETIC ANALYSIS; PREDISPOSITION;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; SOLVENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN4;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33645657331     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi060092q     Document Type: Article

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