Non-strict strand orientation of the Ca2+-induced dimerization of a conantokin peptide variant with sequence-shifted γ-carboxyglutamate residues

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 866-872

  Dai, Qiuyun ^a   Xiao, Cai ^a   Dong, Mingxin ^a   Liu, Zhuguo ^a   Sheng, Zhenyu ^b   Castellino, Francis J ^b   Prorok, Mary ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboxyglutamic acid; Conantokin peptides; Dimerization; Self association; Strand alignment

Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; CALCIUM; CONANTOKIN PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; OXIDATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION;

1-CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; CALORIMETRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSK VENOMS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 67349133602     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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