Building a metal binding domain, one half at a time.
The recently determined structure of a zinc binding peptide reveals that a particular sequence can adopt one stable fold as an isolated peptide but adopt an alternative structure as part of a larger protein domain.
Michel
Sarah L J
SL
Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Berg
Jeremy M
JM
D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D017510:Protein Folding
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D010455:Peptides; C017800:zinc-binding protein