A single amino acid replacement results in the Ca2+-induced self-assembly of a helical conantokin-based peptide

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 41, 2004, Pages 13225-13232

  Dai, Qiuyun ^a   Castellino, Francis J ^a   Prorok, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CARBOXYLATION; CENTRIFUGATION; SEDIMENTATION;

HELICITY; INHIBITORS; MARINE SNAILS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMINO ACIDS;

CALCIUM ION; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CONANTOKIN G; CONANTOKIN T; DISULFIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; PEPTIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

1-CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CALCIUM; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONOTOXINS; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSK VENOMS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 5444272765     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048796s     Document Type: Article

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