High resolution X-ray structures of mouse major urinary protein nasal isoform in complex with pheromones

Protein Science

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1469-1479

  Perez Miller, Samantha ^a   Zou, Qin ^a,b   Novotny, Milos V ^c   Hurley, Thomas D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipocalin; Major urinary protein; Pheromone; Structure; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLHEXANOL; 2 HEPTANONE; 2 SEC BUTYL 2 THIAZOLINE; 2,5 DIMETHYLPYRAZINE; LIPOCALIN; MAJOR URINARY PROTEIN I; MAJOR URINARY PROTEIN II; MAJOR URINARY PROTEIN IV; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NOSE; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

MUS;

EID: 77955121708     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.426     Document Type: Article

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