Article
The solution structure of the F42A mutant of human interleukin 2.
Journal of molecular biology - 14 Apr 1995
Mott H R, Baines B S, Hall R M, Cooke R M, Driscoll P C, Weir M P, Campbell I D
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin 2 (IL-2) is one of the major cytokines produced by T lymphocytes in response to antigen. It is a potent growth and differentiation factor for several cell-types and is structurally related to the four-helix bundle family of cytokines. Mutation of residue Phe42 to Ala abolishes binding...
Topics
- Alanine
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Computer Simulation
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Humans
- Hydrogen Bonding
- Interleukin-2
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Phenylalanine
