Ultra-high resolution crystal structure of a dimeric defensin SPE10

FEBS Letters

Volumn 585, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 300-306

  Song, Xiaomin ^a,b   Zhang, Min ^c   Zhou, Zhaocai ^b   Gong, Weimin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Defensin; Dimer; Mechanism; Ultra high resolution

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DEFENSIN; PROTEIN SPE10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DEFENSINS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

FUNGI;

EID: 78651349903     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.12.039     Document Type: Article

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