Solution structure of an M-1 conotoxin with a novel disulfide linkage

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2596-2602

  Du, Wei Hong ^a,c   Han, Yu Hong ^b,d   Huang, Fei Juan ^c   Li, Juan ^a   Chi, Cheng Wu ^b,d   Fang, Wei Hai ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Disulfide linkage; M conotoxin; mr3e; NMR; Solution structure

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONOTOXINS; DISULFIDES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR;

AVES; GASTROPODA;

EID: 34247565154     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05795.x     Document Type: Article

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