Zinc ion coordination as a modulating factor of the ZnuA histidine-rich loop flexibility: A molecular modeling and fluorescence spectroscopy study

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 430, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 769-773

  Castelli, Silvia ^a   Stella, Lorenzo ^a,b   Petrarca, Patrizia ^a   Battistoni, Andrea ^a,c   Desideri, Alessandro ^a,c   Falconi, Mattia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOSTRUCTURES AND BIOSYSTEMS   (Italy)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Molecular modeling; Protein labeling; Zinc transport

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION COMPOUND; HISTIDINE; METAL ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION; ZINC TRANSPORTER; ZNUA TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; MODULATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BINDING SITES; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; HISTIDINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; ZINC;

EID: 84872346005     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.11.073     Document Type: Article

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