Lessons from the lysozyme of phage T4

Protein Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 631-641

  Baase, Walter A ^a   Liu, Lijun ^a,b   Tronrud, Dale E ^a,c   Matthews, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal forms; Protein cavities; Protein stability; T4 lysozyme; Thermophilic proteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; BENZENE; DIMER; LIGAND; LYSOZYME; MUTANT PROTEIN; SERINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGAND BINDING; LITERATURE; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATA BANK; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77950234229     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.344     Document Type: Review

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