An Ion-channel Modulator from the Saliva of the Brown Ear Tick has a Highly Modified Kunitz/BPTI Structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 389, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 734-747

  Paesen, Guido C ^a   Siebold, Christian ^b   Dallas, Mark L ^c   Peers, Chris ^c   Harlos, Karl ^b   Nuttall, Patricia A ^a   Nunn, Miles A ^a   Stuart, David I ^b   Esnouf, Robert M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kunitz domains; maxiK channel activation; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; salivary gland; sulphur SAD

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POLYPEPTIDE; RA KLP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RHIPICEPHALUS; SALIVA; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 65849341137     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.045     Document Type: Article

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