The N0-binding region of the vesicular stomatitis virus phosphoprotein is globally disordered but contains transient α-helices

Protein Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 542-556

  Leyrat, Cédric ^a   Jensen, Malene Ringkjøbing ^b   Ribeiro Jr , Euripedes A ^a   Gérard, Francine C A ^a   Ruigrok, Rob W H ^a   Blackledge, Martin ^b   Jamin, Marc ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Intrinsically disordered proteins; Molecular recognition element; NMR; Phosphoprotein; Rhabdovirus; SAXS; Vesicular stomatitis virus

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; NUCLEOPROTEIN; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; VIRUS PHOSPHOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BINDING SITES; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; VESICULOVIRUS;

RHABDOVIRIDAE; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 79952149646     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.587     Document Type: Article

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