Showing papers by "J. Simon C. Arthur published in 1996"
TL;DR: Phospholipids were found to be effective at reducing the Ca2+ requirement for m-calpain autolysis, and analysis of the phospholipid vesicle binding properties of these peptides suggested that both the TAMRIL and polyglycine sequences were required for binding to phosphatidyl inositol vesicles.
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TL;DR: To decrease the sensitivity to mercurials and to aid in the search for useful derivatives, Cys‐to‐Ser mutants have been prepared, expressed, and crystallized.
Abstract: The 21-kDa calcium-binding domain (VI) of the small subunit of rat calpain II has been expressed in Escherichia coli, purified, and crystallized. Two orthorhombic crystal forms have been obtained: space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) with a = 50.3, b = 56.5, c = 141.3 A; and space group C222(1) with a = 69.4, b = 73.9, c = 157.4 A. Diffraction data have been collected to 2.4 A. Sedimentation equilibrium, dynamic light scattering, and gel-permeation chromatography indicate that domain VI exists as a homodimer in solution. In accordance with the protein's behavior in solution, each crystal form contains two molecules per asymmetric unit. Screening for heavy-atom derivatives is in progress. To decrease the sensitivity to mercurials and to aid in the search for useful derivatives, Cys-to-Ser mutants have been prepared, expressed, and crystallized.
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