The nuclear magnetic resonance solution structure of the synthetic AhPDF1.1b plant defensin evidences the structural feature within the γ-Motif

Biochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 7745-7754

  Meindre, Fanny ^a   Lelie, Dominique ^a   Loth, Karine ^a   Mith, Oriane ^b   Aucagne, Vincent ^a   Berthomieu, Pierre ^b   Marquès, Laurence ^b   Delmas, Agnès F ^a   Landon, Céline ^a   Paquet, Franҫoise ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b INRA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; FUNGI; PEPTIDES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC;

ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARABIDOPSIS HALLERI; EFFICIENT PROTOCOLS; SOLID PHASE PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; SOLUTION STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

AHPDF1 1B PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHELATING AGENT; FUNGICIDE; ISOPROTEIN; PDF1.1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PROLINE; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FUSARIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TOXICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS HALLERI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHELATING AGENTS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEFENSINS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; FUSARIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROLINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SOLID-PHASE SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES; ZINC;

EID: 84918520471     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi501285k     Document Type: Article

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