Characterization of the lipid-binding site of equinatoxin II by NMR and molecular dynamics simulation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1987-1996

  Weber, Daniel K ^a,b   Yao, Shenggen ^b   Rojko, Nejc ^c   Anderluh, Gregor ^c   Lybrand, Terry P ^d   Downton, Matthew T ^a   Wagner, John ^a   Separovic, Frances ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIA EQUINA; ACTINIARIA;

COELENTERATE VENOM; DODECYLPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; EQUINATOXIN; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN BINDING; SPHINGOMYELIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN BINDING; SPHINGOMYELINS;

EID: 84928266635     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.03.024     Document Type: Article

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