Metalloprotein structures at ambient conditions and in real-time: Biological crystallography and spectroscopy using X-ray free electron lasers

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-98

  Kern, Jan ^a,b   Yachandra, Vittal K ^a   Yano, Junko ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEIN; METAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COVALENT BOND; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME MECHANISM; HUMAN; METAL BINDING; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; LASER; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LASERS; METALLOPROTEINS; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84940835264     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2015.07.014     Document Type: Review

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