Engineering Tocopherol Selectivity in α-TTP: A Combined In Vitro/In Silico Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Helbling, Rachel E ^a   Aeschimann, Walter ^a   Simona, Fabio ^a   Stocker, Achim ^a   Cascella, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL TRANSFER PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; COMPUTER MODEL; FLUOROMETRY; GEOMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTANT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WILD TYPE;

BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS; TOCOPHEROLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84869003633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049195     Document Type: Article

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