Hot spots - A review of the protein-protein interface determinant amino-acid residues

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 803-812

  Moreira, Irina S ^a   Fernandes, Pedro A ^a   Ramos, Maria J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alanine scanning mutagenesis; Alanine shaving; Functional epitopes; Hot spots; O ring; Protein protein interactions

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; EPITOPE; GLYCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN;

EID: 34548779127     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21396     Document Type: Review

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