Racemic crystallography of synthetic protein enantiomers used to determine the X-ray structure of plectasin by direct methods

Protein Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1146-1154

  Mandal, Kalyaneswar ^a,b   Pentelute, Brad L ^a,b   Tereshko, Valentina ^a,b   Thammavongsa, Vilasak ^a   Schneewind, Olaf ^a   Kossiakoff, Anthony A ^a,b   Kent, Stephen B H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chemical protein synthesis; Direct methods; Plectasin; Racemic protein crystallography; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

PLECTASIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RACEMIC MIXTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FUNGI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

FUNGI;

EID: 66349133644     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.127     Document Type: Article

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