Solution structure of BmKαTx11, a toxin from the venom of the Chinese scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 391, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 627-633

  Zhu, Jing ^a   Tong, Xiaotian ^a   Cao, Chunyang ^a   Wu, Gong ^a   Zhang, Naixia ^a   Wu, Houming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

BmK Tx11; Buthus martensii Karsch; NMR; Scorpion toxin; Sodium channel; Solution structure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; ARGININE; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PEPTIDE; SCORPION VENOM; BMKALPHATX11 PROTEIN, BUTHUS MARTENSII;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; GEOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SCORPION VENOMS;

EID: 72949110796     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.11.110     Document Type: Article

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