The L49F mutation in alpha erythroid spectrin induces local disorder in the tetramer association region: Fluorescence and molecular dynamics studies of free and bound alpha spectrin

Protein Science

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1916-1925

  Song, Yuanli ^a   Pipalia, Nina H ^b,c   Fung, L W M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

spectrin; L49F mutant; Model structure; Tetramers

Indexed keywords

FODRIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRAMER;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTANT; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; WILD TYPE;

HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTRIN;

EID: 69249157215     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.202     Document Type: Article

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