Structural determinants of nitroxide motion in spin-labeled proteins: Tertiary contact and solvent-inaccessible sites in helix G of T4 lysozyme

Protein Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1069-1086

  Guo, Zhefeng ^a,b   Cascio, Duilio ^b   Hideg, Kálmán ^c   Kálái, Támás ^c   Hubbell, Wayne L ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

EPR spectroscopy; Side chain conformation; Site directed spin labeling

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; NITROXIDE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOLVENTS; SPIN LABELS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34249794011     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.062739107     Document Type: Article

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