Crystal structure of a highly acidic neurotoxin from scorpion Buthus tamulus at 2.2 Ǻ resolution reveals novel structural features

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-62

  Sharma, Madhu ^a   Ethayathulla, A S ^a   Jabeen, Talat ^a   Singh, Nagendra ^a   Sarvanan, K ^a   Yadav, Savita ^a   Sharma, Sujata ^a   Srinivasan, A ^a   Singh, Tej P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Binding site; Crystal structure; Sequence determination; Sodium channel; Toxin

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BUTHUS TAMULUS; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MESOBUTHUS TAMULUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 33744993864     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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