Molecular mechanism of the Zn2+-induced folding of the distal CCHC finger motif of the HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 208-217

  Bombarda, Elisa ^a,b   Grell, Ernst ^b   Roques, Bernard P ^c   Mély, Yves ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c Laboratoire de Pharmacochimie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; ZINC ION; CAPSID PROTEIN; GAG PROTEIN; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN 71, HIV 1; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN 71, HIV-1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; KINETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CAPSID PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ZINC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 34447278784     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.101378     Document Type: Article

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