Structural determinants for improved stability of designed ankyrin repeat proteins with a redesigned C-Capping Module

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 404, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-391

  Kramer, Michaela A ^a   Wetzel, Svava K ^a   Plückthun, Andreas ^a   Mittl, Peer R E ^a   Grütter, Markus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ankyrin repeat; Crystal structure; Protein engineering; Protein recognition; Thermodynamic stability

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANKYRIN; BINDING PROTEIN; DESIGNED ANKYRIN REPEAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78349313323     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.09.023     Document Type: Article

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