Crystal Structure of a Glutamate/Aspartate Binding Protein Complexed with a Glutamate Molecule: Structural Basis of Ligand Specificity at Atomic Resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-111

  Hu, Yonglin ^a   Fan, Cheng Peng ^a   Fu, Guangsen ^a   Zhu, Deyu ^a   Jin, Qi ^b   Wang, Da Cheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

crystal structure; ligand binding; periplasmic binding protein; structural basis of specificity; ultrahigh resolution

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE GLUTAMATE BINDING PROTEIN; ASPARTIC ACID; BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIGAND; SERINE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 49349094496     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.06.091     Document Type: Article

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