Solution structure of hirsutellin A - New insights into the active site and interacting interfaces of ribotoxins

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2381-2390

  Viegas, Aldino ^b   Herrero Galán, Elias ^c   Oñaderra, Mercedes ^c   MacEdo, Anjos L ^b   Bruix, Marta ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

sarcin; Cytotoxic protein; NMR; Ribonucleases; RNase T1; Structure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SARCIN; ASPARTIC ACID; CELL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; HIRSUTELLIN A; LEUCINE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBOTOXIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUTIONS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 63049123419     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.06970.x     Document Type: Article

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