The crystal structure of human α1-microglobulin reveals a potential haem-binding site

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 445, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-182

  Meining, Winfried ^a   Skerra, Arne ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

1 microglobulin; Chromophore; Haem; Lipocalin; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; HEME; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMIDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LIPOCALIN; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; ULINASTATIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COVALENT BOND; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALPHA-GLOBULINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEME; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NICKEL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84863209976     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20120448     Document Type: Article

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