Periplasmic binding proteins: A versatile superfamily for protein engineering

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 495-504

  Dwyer, Mary A ^a   Hellinga, Homme W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; ENZYME; LIGAND; RECEPTOR;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; CALCULATION; CONFORMATION; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENZYMES; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 4143115810     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2004.07.004     Document Type: Review

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