Ligand-induced Conformational Changes and Conformational Dynamics in the Solution Structure of the Lactose Repressor Protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 376, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 466-481

  Taraban, Marc ^a   Zhan, Hongli ^b,c   Whitten, Andrew E ^d,e   Langley, David B ^e   Matthews, Kathleen S ^b   Swint Kruse, Liskin ^c   Trewhella, Jill ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

allostery; LacI; small angle X ray scattering; solution structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; DNA; HOMODIMER; LACTOSE REPRESSOR PROTEIN; LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 38349193126     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.11.067     Document Type: Article

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