1992
Truncated staphylococcal nuclease is compact but disordered.
Flanagan J, Kataoka M, Shortle D, Engelman D. Truncated staphylococcal nuclease is compact but disordered. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1992, 89: 748-752. PMID: 1731350, PMCID: PMC48316, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.2.748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplete folding pathwayWild-type levelsCarboxyl-terminal deletionsSecondary structural featuresNative-like conformationPersistent secondary structureProtein foldsCarboxyl terminusFolding pathwaysPolypeptide chainSecondary structureAmino acidsStaphylococcal nucleaseSmall-angle X-rayNuclear magnetic resonanceCircular dichroismPhysiological conditionsNucleasePotent inhibitorDeletionSolvent exclusionMolecules resultsStructural featuresPresence of calciumRibosomes
1991
Structure-function studies of bacteriorhodopsin XV. Effects of deletions in loops B-C and E-F on bacteriorhodopsin chromophore and structure
Gilles-Gonzalez M, Engelman D, Khorana H. Structure-function studies of bacteriorhodopsin XV. Effects of deletions in loops B-C and E-F on bacteriorhodopsin chromophore and structure. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1991, 266: 8545-8550. PMID: 2022666, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)93009-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmall-angle X-ray scattering studies of calmodulin mutants with deletions in the linker region of the central helix indicate that the linker region retains a predominantly alpha-helical conformation.
Kataoka M, Head J, Persechini A, Kretsinger R, Engelman D. Small-angle X-ray scattering studies of calmodulin mutants with deletions in the linker region of the central helix indicate that the linker region retains a predominantly alpha-helical conformation. Biochemistry 1991, 30: 1188-92. PMID: 1991098, DOI: 10.1021/bi00219a004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLinker regionCentral helixCalcium-dependent conformational changeWild-type proteinCentral linker regionSmall-angle X-rayAlpha-helical conformationGlu-84Calmodulin mutantsMutant formsGlu-83Wild typeMutantsNative proteinConformational changesCalmodulinProteinSer-81DeletionPresence of Ca2Binding of melittinSignificant size changesGlobular conformationRadius of gyrationHelix