DISULFIDE CROSS-LINKS TO PROBE THE STRUCTURE AND FLEXIBILITY OF A DESIGNED 4-HELIX BUNDLE PROTEIN

被引:24
作者
REGAN, L [1 ]
ROCKWELL, A [1 ]
WASSERMAN, Z [1 ]
DEGRADO, W [1 ]
机构
[1] DUPONT CO INC, EXPTL STN, WILMINGTON, DE 19880 USA
关键词
DISULFIDE CROSS-LINKS; DISULFIDE REDOX POTENTIAL; 4-HELIX BUNDLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN DESIGN; PROTEIN STABILITY;
D O I
10.1002/pro.5560031225
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The introduction of disulfide crosslinks is a generally useful method by which to identify regions of a protein that are close together in space, Here we describe the use of disulfide crosslinks to investigate the structure and flexibility of a family of designed 4-helix bundle proteins. The results of these analyses lend support to our working model of the proteins' structure and suggest that the proteins have limited main-chain flexibility.
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页码:2419 / 2427
页数:9
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