Coordination of three and four Cu(I) to the α- and β-domain of vertebrate Zn-metallothionein-1, respectively, induces significant structural changes

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2349-2362

  Dolderer, Benedikt ^a   Echner, Hartmut ^a   Beck, Alexander ^a   Hartmann, Hans Jürgen ^a   Weser, Ulrich ^a   Luchinat, Claudio ^b   Del Bianco, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

2D NMR; Copper; Domain; Metallothionein; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

COPPER ION; METALLOTHIONEIN I; ZINC;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ION TRANSPORT; LUMINESCENCE; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TITRIMETRY; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOLUTIONS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TITRIMETRY; ZINC;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247326875     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05770.x     Document Type: Article

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