Protonless 13C direct detection NMR: Characterization of the 37 kDa trimeric protein CutA1

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1196-1205

  Bertini, Ivano ^a   Jiménez, Beatriz ^a   Pierattelli, Roberta ^a   Wedd, Anthony G ^b   Xiao, Zhiguang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

13C NMR; Copper; Escherichia coli; Isotopic enrichment; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CUTA1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HETERONUCLEAR SINGLE QUANTUM COHERENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMISTRY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS;

EID: 39749105296     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21577     Document Type: Article

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