The leucine-rich repeat structure

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2307-2333

  Bella, J ^a   Hindle, K L ^a   McEwan, P A ^b   Lovell, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leucine rich repeat; Molecular models; Molecular sequence data; Protein conformation; Protein engineering; Protein structure; Protein protein interactions; Repetitive sequences

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; RIBONUCLEASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS;

SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 49249092223     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-8019-0     Document Type: Review

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