Escherichia coli cytidine deaminase provides a molecular model for ApoB RNA editing and a mechanism for RNA substrate recognition

N Navaratnam, T Fujino, J Bayliss, A Jarmuz… - Journal of molecular …, 1998 - Elsevier
ApoB RNA-editing enzyme (APOBEC-1) is a cytidine deaminase. Molecular modeling and
mutagenesis show that APOBEC-1 is related in quaternary and tertiary structure to …

The physics of protein crystallization

PG Vekilov, AA Chernov - Solid State Physics, 2003 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter establishes a statistically viable correlation between the
available sequence of amino acids in the protein chain and the special folding of chain. This …

The 1.48 Å resolution crystal structure of the homotetrameric cytidine deaminase from mouse

AH Teh, M Kimura, M Yamamoto, N Tanaka… - Biochemistry, 2006 - ACS Publications
Cytidine deaminase (CDA) is a zinc-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the deamination of
cytidine or deoxycytidine to form uridine or deoxyuridine. Here we present the crystal …

Measurement and modeling of protein crystal nucleation kinetics

V Bhamidi, S Varanasi, CA Schall - Crystal growth & design, 2002 - ACS Publications
Nucleation kinetics of tetragonal hen egg-white lysozyme obtained by the method of initial
rates are reported. Sodium chloride (NaCl), ranging in concentration from 2%(w/v) to …

Dependence of nucleation kinetics and crystal morphology of a model protein system on ionic strength

V Bhamidi, E Skrzypczak-Jankun, CA Schall - Journal of crystal growth, 2001 - Elsevier
Nucleation rate data for hen egg-white lysozyme crystallization were obtained using a
particle counter. Tetragonal lysozyme crystals were expected to form at the temperature and …

Practical experimental design techniques for automatic and manual protein crystallization

PDS Stewart, PFM Baldock - Journal of crystal growth, 1999 - Elsevier
When crystallizers are searching for the optimum crystallization conditions, they often carry
out experiments that are confusing and difficult to interpret. This confusion arises because …

Crystallogenesis studies in microgravity with the advanced protein crystallization facility on SpaceHab-01

M Riès-Kautt, I Broutin, A Ducruix, W Shepard… - Journal of crystal …, 1997 - Elsevier
The Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility (APCF), a new protein crystallization device
developed by ESA for the IML-2 Mission in 1994, was tested in its maiden flight on STS-57 …

Self-assembly of apoferritin molecules into crystals: thermodynamics and kinetics of molecular level processes

PG Vekilov - Progress in crystal growth and characterization of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Aside from the biological, biomedical and materials importance of ferritin and apoferritin, the
self-assembly of these molecules into crystals is of interest because it is a suitable model for …

Nucleoside deaminases for cytidine and adenosine: comparison with deaminases acting on RNA

CW Carter Jr - Modification and Editing of RNA, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter reviews the structure of Escherichia coli cytidine deaminase and implications
for evolutionary relationships between members of the cytidine deaminase superfamily. It …

Molecular modelling of the biosynthesis of the RNA-editing enzyme APOBEC-1, responsible for generating the alternative forms of apolipoprotein B

J Scott, N Navaratnam, C Carter - Experimental physiology, 1999 - cambridge.org
We discovered in 1987 that the shorter form of apolipoprotein B (B48) synthesized in the
intestine is due to the action, previously unrecognized in mammalian cells, of an mRNA …