Structural and dynamic study of the tetramerization region of non-erythroid α-spectrin: A frayed helix revealed by site-directed spin labeling electron paramagnetic resonance

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 206-215

  Li, Qufei ^a   Fung, L W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER (II) COMPLEXES; CYSTEINE SCANNING; EQUILIBRIUM DISSOCIATION CONSTANTS; N TERMINALS; N-TERMINAL REGION; SOLUTION STRUCTURES; SPIN LABELLING; TETRAMERIZATION; TITRATION CALORIMETRY;

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; LABELING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; PARAMAGNETISM; PORT TERMINALS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONANCE; SPIN DYNAMICS;

PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE;

FODRIN; SPECTRIN; SPECTRIN BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIN LABELING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TETRAMERIZATION;

BIOPOLYMERS; CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTRIN;

EID: 58549116132     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi8013032     Document Type: Article

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