Crystal structure of a novel antifungal protein distinct with five disulfide bridges from Eucommia ulmoides Oliver at an atomic resolution

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-97

  Xiang, Ye ^a   Huang, Ren Huai ^a   Liu, Xiao Zhu ^b   Zhang, Ying ^a   Wang, Da Cheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic resolution crystallography; Direct methods; Eucommia antifungal protein; Five disulfide bond motif; Structure function relationship

Indexed keywords

BRIDGED COMPOUND; CHITIN; EUCOMMIA ANTIFUNGAL PROTEIN 2; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANISOTROPY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENSITY; ELECTRON; EUCOMMIACEAE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TU CHUNG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISULFIDES; EUCOMMIACEAE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EUCOMMIA; EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES; FUNGI;

EID: 4444330868     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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