Three-dimensional arrangement of conserved amino acid residues in a superfamily of specific ligand-binding proteins

• Published in: International journal of biological macromolecules Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 56 - 58
• Main Author: North, A.C.T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.1989
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Beta-lactoglobulin; Carrier Proteins - chemistry; Carrier Proteins - metabolism; Humans; Lactoglobulins - chemistry; Lactoglobulins - metabolism; ligand binding; Ligands; Models, Molecular; Molecular Sequence Data; protein homology; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; ligand binding; Beta-lactoglobulin; protein homology

Beta-lactoglobulin has been found to be a member of a super family of proteins that bind specific ligands and which share common features in their amino acid sequences. Here we show that these features are grouped spatially on the surface of the proteins and suggests that they may be concerned with...