Rationally tuning the reduction potential of a single cupredoxin beyond the natural range

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7269, 2009, Pages 113-116

  Marshall, Nicholas M ^a   Garner, Dewain K ^a   Wilson, Tiffany D ^a   Gao, Yi Gui ^a   Robinson, Howard ^b   Nilges, Mark J ^a   Lu, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER PROTEIN; CUPREDOXIN; METAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDING; COPPER; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN; REDOX POTENTIAL;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AZURIN; BINDING SITES; COPPER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 70449090691     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08551     Document Type: Article

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