The interplay between effector binding and allostery in an engineered protein switch

Protein Science

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1605-1616

  Choi, Jay H ^a   Xiong, Tina ^a   Ostermeier, Marc ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

allostery; ligand binding; maltose binding protein; maltose transport; protein engineering; protein switch

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE MBP317 347; MALTOSE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 84983055620     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2962     Document Type: Article

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