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Racemic crystallography of synthetic protein enantiomers used to determine the X-ray structure of plectasin by direct methods

  1. Kalyaneswar Mandal1,2,3,*,
  2. Brad L. Pentelute2,3,
  3. Valentina Tereshko1,3,
  4. Vilasak Thammavongsa4,
  5. Olaf Schneewind4,
  6. Anthony A. Kossiakoff1,3,
  7. Stephen B. H. Kent1,2,3

Article first published online: 7 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pro.127

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 6, pages 1146–1154, June 2009

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Mandal, K., Pentelute, B. L., Tereshko, V., Thammavongsa, V., Schneewind, O., Kossiakoff, A. A. and Kent, S. B. H. (2009), Racemic crystallography of synthetic protein enantiomers used to determine the X-ray structure of plectasin by direct methods. Protein Science, 18: 1146–1154. doi: 10.1002/pro.127

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  1. 1

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

  3. 3

    Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

  4. 4

    Department of Microbiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

*Department of Biochenistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 26 MAY 2009
  2. Article first published online: 7 APR 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 7 APR 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 17 MAR 2009
  5. Manuscript Revised: 8 MAR 2009
  6. Manuscript Received: 7 JAN 2009

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  • Office of Science (BER), U.S. Department of Energy. Grant Number: DE-FG02-07ER64501
  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Number: R01 GM075993
  • Office of Science (BER), U.S. Department of Energy. Grant Number: W-31-109-Eng-38

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