Solution structure of a repeated unit of the ABA-1 nematode polyprotein allergen of Ascaris reveals a novel fold and two discrete lipid-binding sites

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Meenan, Nicola A G ^a,d   Ball, Graeme ^b,e   Bromek, Krystyna ^c   Uhrín, Dušan ^b   Cooper, Alan ^a   Kennedy, Malcolm W ^c   Smith, Brian O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d THOMSON REUTERS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN ABA 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABA 1 PROTEIN, ASCARIS SUUM; ABA-1 PROTEIN, ASCARIS SUUM; ALLERGEN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; PLANT ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ASCARIS SUUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ASCARIS SUUM; BINDING SITES; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LIPID METABOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 79955810777     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001040     Document Type: Article

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