The dimeric crystal structure of the human fertility lipocalin glycodelin reveals a protein scaffold for the presentation of complex glycans

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 466, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-104

  Schiefner, André ^a   Rodewald, Fabian ^a   Neumaier, Irmgard ^a   Skerra, Arne ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Glycan; Glycosylation; Sperm egg binding.; lactoglobulin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDE; DISULFIDE; GLYCAN; LIPOCALIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; ASPARAGINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PAEP PROTEIN, HUMAN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERTILITY; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIMATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARAGINE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84922321695     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20141003     Document Type: Article

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