A mutant T4 lysozyme displays five different crystal conformations.

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A mutant T4 lysozyme displays five different crystal conformations.

Nature - 15 Nov 1990

Faber H R, Matthews B W

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Phage T4 lysozyme consists of two domains between which is formed the active-site cleft of the enzyme. The crystallographically determined thermal displacement parameters for the protein suggested that the amino terminal of the two domains undergoes 'hinge-bending' motion about an axis passing th...

Topics

Binding Sites
Chemical Phenomena
Chemistry, Physical
Crystallization
Crystallography
Enzyme Stability
Molecular Structure
Muramidase
Mutation
Protein Conformation
T-Phages
Temperature
Thermodynamics

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