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Role of four conserved aspartic acid residues of EF-loops in the metal ion binding and in the self-assembly of ciliate Euplotes octocarinatus centrin.
Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine - 1 Dec 2016
Liu Wen, Duan Lian, Sun Tijian, Yang Binsheng
Abstract excerpt
Ciliate Euplotes octocarinatus centrin (EoCen) is an EF-hand calcium-binding protein closely related to the prototypical calcium sensor protein calmodulin. Four mutants (D37K, D73K, D110K and D146K) were created firstly to elucidate the importance of the first aspartic acid residues (Asp37, Asp73, Asp110 and Asp146) in the beginning of the four EF-loops of EoCen. Aromatic-sensitized Tb3+ fluorescence indicates...
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