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Domain-swapped structure of a mutant of cyanovirin-N.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 31 May 2002
Botos Istvan, Mori Toshiyuki, Cartner Laura K, Boyd Michael R, Wlodawer Alexander
Abstract excerpt
Cyanovirin-N (CV-N) is a potent 11 kDa HIV-inactivating protein that binds with high affinity to the HIV surface envelope protein gp120. A double mutant P51S/S52P of CV-N was engineered by swapping two critical hinge-region residues Pro51 and Ser52. This mutant has biochemical and biophysical characteristics equivalent to the wild-type CV-N and its structure resembles that of wild-type CV-N. However, the mutant...
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