The crystal structure of human protein α1M reveals a chromophore-binding site and two putative protein-protein interfaces

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 439, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 346-350

  Zhang, Yangli ^a,b,c   Gao, Zengqiang ^b   Guo, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Hongpeng ^a   Zhang, Zhenzhen ^a   Luo, Miao ^a   Hou, Haifeng ^b   Huang, Ailong ^a   Dong, Yuhui ^b   Wang, Deqiang ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

1 Microglobulin; Chromophore; Crystal structure; Homodimer; Interface

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATOPHORE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY; ELECTRON; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

Α1-MICROGLOBULIN; CHROMOPHORE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HOMODIMER; INTERFACE;

ALPHA-GLOBULINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84884597155     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.08.084     Document Type: Article

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