Expression and characterization of recombinant kurtoxin, an inhibitor of T-type voltage-gated calcium channels

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 416, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 277-282

  Lee, Chul Won ^a,b   Eu, Young Jae ^a   Min, Hye Jung ^a   Cho, Eun Mi ^a   Lee, Jun Ho ^c   Kim, Ha Hyung ^d   Nah, Seung Yeol ^c   Swartz, Kenton J ^e   Kim, Jae Il ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^d Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disulfide bond; Kurtoxin; Scorpion toxin; T type calcium channel

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; RECOMBINANT KURTOXIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL TYPE T;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCORPION VENOMS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SCORPIONES;

EID: 84855869926     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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