An Allosteric Circuit in Caspase-1

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 381, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1157-1167

  Datta, Debajyoti ^a   Scheer, Justin M ^a   Romanowski, Michael J ^b   Wells, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

alanine scanning mutagenesis; allostery; caspase 1; cooperativity; H bonding

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 48749120889     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.06.040     Document Type: Article

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