Characterization of β-sheet structure in Ure2p1-89 yeast prion fibrils by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 45, 2007, Pages 13149-13162

  Baxa, Ulrich ^a   Wickner, Reed B ^b   Steven, Alasdair C ^a   Anderson, D Eric ^b   Marekov, Lyuben N ^a   Yau, Wai Ming ^b   Tycko, Robert ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE DIPOLE COUPLINGS; FIBRILS; NMR DATA; SHEET STRUCTURES;

AMINO ACIDS; HYDRATES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEINS;

YEAST;

AMYLOID; ASPARAGINE; CARBON 13; GLUTAMINE; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URE2P PROTEIN[1-89];

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIPOLE; HETEROKARYON; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLID STATE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

HET-S PRION; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 36048969163     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi700826b     Document Type: Article

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