An approach to crystallizing proteins by metal-mediated synthetic symmetrization

Protein Science

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1876-1890

  Laganowsky, Arthur ^a,b   Zhao, Minglei ^a   Soriaga, Angela B ^a   Sawaya, Michael R ^a   Cascio, Duilio ^a   Yeates, Todd O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metal binding; Protein crystallization; Protein design; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; COPPER; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; LYSOZYME; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; METAL; NICKEL; OLIGOMER; T4 LYSOZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN TARGETING; SYNTHETIC SYMMETRIZATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; MALTOSE-BINDING PROTEINS; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; MUTATION; NICKEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; ZINC;

EID: 80054775317     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.727     Document Type: Article

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