Crystallographic studies of V44 mutants of Clostridium pasteurianum rubredoxin: Effects of side-chain size on reduction potential

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 618-625

  Park, Il Yeong ^a,b   Eidsness, Marly K ^d   Lin, I Jin ^c   Gebel, Erika B ^c,g   Youn, Buhyun ^a   Harley, Jill L ^d   Machonkin, Timothy E ^c,h   Frederick, Ronnie O ^c   Markley, John L ^c   Smith, Eugene T ^e   Ichiye, Toshiko ^f   Kang, Chulhee ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Electron transfer; Redox protein; Redox tuning; Reduction potential; Rubredoxin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; IRON; LEUCINE; NITROGEN; RUBREDOXIN; SULFUR; VALINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN VARIANT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLIABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RUBREDOXINS; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VALINE;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM;

EID: 6344239025     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20243     Document Type: Article

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