Human FEZ1 has characteristics of a natively unfolded protein and dimerizes in solution

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-121

  Lanza, Daniel C F ^a,b   Silva, Julio C ^a,b   Assmann, Eliana M ^a   Quaresma, Alexandre J C ^a,b   Bressan, Gustavo C ^a,b   Torriani, Iris L ^a,b   Kobarg, Jörg ^a,b  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; Circular dichroism; Limited proteolysis; Microtubular transport; Protein protein interactions; SAXS; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FEZ1; PROTEIN KINASE C EPSILON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CLASP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FEZ1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C (19 31); PROTEIN KINASE C (19-31); RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MAMMALIA;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 58949104029     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22135     Document Type: Article

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