Spectroscopic and functional characterization of nitrophorin 7 from the blood-feeding insect Rhodnius prolixus reveals an important role of its isoform-specific N-terminus for proper protein function

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 46, 2007, Pages 13254-13268

  Knipp, Markus ^a,b   Yang, Fei ^a   Berry, Robert E ^a   Zhang, Hongjun ^a   Shokhirev, Maxim N ^a   Walker, F Ann ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION CONSTANTS; NITROPHORIN 7; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; SALIVA;

AMINES; BLOOD; DNA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH EFFECTS;

PROTEINS;

HEMATIN; HISTAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPHORIN 7; PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RHODNIUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEMEPROTEINS; HISTAMINE; INSECT PROTEINS; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIC OXIDE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RHODNIUS; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HEXAPODA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; VALENZUELA;

EID: 36349019705     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi7014986     Document Type: Article

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