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Evolved streptavidin mutants reveal key role of loop residue in high-affinity binding.
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society - 1 Jul 2011
Magalhães Maria L B, Czekster Clarissa Melo, Guan Rong, Malashkevich Vladimir N, Almo Steven C, Levy Matthew
Abstract excerpt
We have performed a detailed analysis of streptavidin variants with altered specificity towards desthiobiotin. In addition to changes in key residues which widen the ligand binding pocket and accommodate the more structurally flexible desthiobiotin, the data revealed the role of a key, non-active site mutation at the base of the flexible loop (S52G) which slows dissociation of this ligand by approximately...
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