Crystal structures of saposins A and C

Protein Science

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1849-1857

  Ahn, Victoria E ^a   Leyko, Paul ^b   Alattia, Jean René ^c   Chen, Lu ^c   Privé, Gilbert G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Protein detergent interactions; Saposins; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DIMER; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; HYDROLASE; LIPID; MONOMER; PROTEIN SAPOSIN A; PROTEIN SAPOSIN C; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; LYSOSOME; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DETERGENTS; DIMERIZATION; ETHERS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SAPOSINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 33746482701     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.062256606     Document Type: Article

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