Crystal structure of an insect antifreeze protein and its implications for ice binding

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 12295-12304

  Hakim, Aaron ^a   Nguyen, Jennifer B ^a   Basu, Koli ^b   Zhu, Darren F ^a   Thakral, Durga ^a   Davies, Peter L ^b   Isaacs, Farren J ^a,b   Modis, Yorgo ^a   Meng, Wuyi ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS;

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; ASYMMETRIC UNIT; ICE BINDING SURFACES; INTERDIGITATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; REGULAR STRUCTURE; SHORT SIDE CHAINS; THREONINE RESIDUES;

ICE;

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FREEZING; GROWTH INHIBITION; INSECT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHAGIUM INQUISITOR;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; RHAGIUM INQUISITOR; SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 84876914035     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.450973     Document Type: Article

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