Alanine substitutions of noncysteine residues in the cysteine-stabilized αβ motif

Protein Science

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1498-1506

  Yang, Ying Fang ^a,b   Cheng, Kuo Chang ^a   Tsai, Ping Hsing ^a   Liu, Chung Cheng ^b   Lee, Tian Ren ^a   Lyu, Ping Chiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

amylase; Alanine scan; Circular dichroism spectroscopy; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Plant defensin; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIGNA RADIATE DEFENSIN 1;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALANINE; ALPHA-AMYLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYSTEINE; DEFENSINS; FABACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

VIGNA;

EID: 67650076198     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.164     Document Type: Article

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