Crystal Structure of Aura Virus Capsid Protease and Its Complex with Dioxane: New Insights into Capsid-Glycoprotein Molecular Contacts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Aggarwal, Megha ^a   Tapas, Satya ^a   Preeti, ^a   Siwach, Anjul ^a   Kumar, Pravindra ^a   Kuhn, Richard J ^b   Tomar, Shailly ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DIOXANE; GLYCOPROTEIN E1; GLYCOPROTEIN E2; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ALPHA VIRUS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AURA VIRUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS CAPSID;

ALPHAVIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIOXANES; GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALPHAVIRUS; AURA VIRUS; MIRIDAE; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84871348025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051288     Document Type: Article

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