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Proteins for the Biochemistry Protein Structure Project

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Protein and Reference Brief Description

Acid Phosphatase (1kbp)
     Strater et al., Science 268: 1489-1492 (1995) From kidney beans, for those who want more acid phosphatase data.

Actin (1j6z)
     Otterbein et al., Science 293: 708-711 (2001) Component of muscle cell filaments.

Adenylyl Cyclase complex with G_sa-GTPgS (1cjk)
    Tesmer et al., Science 278: 1907-1916 (1997) Adenylyl cyclase converts ATP to the second messenger cyclic AMP (cAMP)

Anthrax Toxin Protective Antigen (1acc)
     Petosa et al., Nature 385: 833 (1997) Component of the anthrax toxin.

APE1 Endonuclease (1de9)
     Mol et al., Nature 403: 451-456 (2000) AP Endonuclease repairs DNA damage.

Bacteriophage T7 DNA Replication Complex
     Doublie et al., Nature 391: 251-258 (1998) How a DNA template helps to direct nucleotide selection

Bacteriorhodopsin (1c8s)
     Leucke et al., Science 286: 255-260 (1999) A light driven proton pump.

Bam HI Endonuclease (1bhm)
    Newman et al., Science 269: 656-663 Bam HI cleaves DNA at the sequence 5' -GGATCC- 3'

Catabolite Activator Protein (CAP)-DNA Complex (2cgp)
     Schultz et al., Science 253: 1001- 1007 (1991) Regulatory protein of the lac operon

Cholera toxin-related heat-labile Enterotoxin of E. coli (1lts)
    Sixma et al., Nature 351: 371-377 (1991) Enterotoxins are produced by some intestinal bacteria and cause diarrheal diseases.
See also- Sixma et al., Nature 355: 561-564 (1992)

Cyclin-dependent Kinase 2 (1hck)
     De Bondt et al., Nature 363: 595-602 (1993) Cyclin-dependent protein kinases are important regulators of the cell cycle.

Cytochrome bc1 complex (1bgy)
     Iwata et al., Science 281: 64-71 (1998) Complex is one component of electron transport chain.

DNA Polymerase III- b Subunit (1pol)
     Kong et al., Cell 69: 425-437 (1992) Subunit provides clamp that can slide along DNA.

DNA Gyrase (1ab4)
     Morais Cabral et al., Nature 388: 903-906 (1997) Supercoils DNA in bacteria

Elongation Factor Tu with Phe-tRNA^Phe (1ttt)
     Nissen et al., Science 270: 1464-1472 (1995) Recommended choice.

F₁-ATPase (1h8e)
     Abrahams et al., Nature 370: 621-628 (1994) Protein synthesizes ATP on mitochondrial membrane.

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (4fbp)
     Ke et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88: 2989-2993 (1991) Key regulatory enzyme in gluconeogenesis

GCN4 Leucine Zipper (2zta)
     O-Shea et al., Science 254: 539-544 (1991) Eukaryotic transcription factor.

Glyphosate Herbicide with EPSP Synthase (1G6S)
     Schonbrunn et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:1376 (2001) Glyphosate is active ingredient in Roundup.

Green Fluorescent Protein (1emb)
     Ormo et al., Science 273: 1392-1395 (1996) Fluorscent protein from jellyfish.

GroEL (1aon)
     Xu et al., Nature 388: 741-750 (1997) Molecular Chaperone Complex

Histone Acetyltransferase of GCN5 (1qst)
     Rojas et al., Nature 401: 93-98 (1999) Important in the regulation of gene expression.

Histone Deacetylase (1c3r)
     Finnin et al., Nature 401: 188-193 (1999) Important in the regulation of gene expression.

HIV Protease (1hvp)
     Navia et al., Nature 337: 615-620 (1989) An aspartyl protease.

Human Serum Albumin (1bmo)
     He & Carter, Nature 358: 209-215(1992) An abundant protein found in the circulatory system that aids in the transport of many ligands.

Interleukin-1 Receptor (1ira)
     Schreuder et al., Nature 386: 194-200 (1997) Receptor for activating of macrophages.

Lac repressor protein (1efa)
    Friedman et al., Science 268: 1721-1727 (1995) also see Lewis et al., Science 271: 1247-1254 (1996)

Lambda Integrase (1ae9)
     Kwon et al., Science 276: 126-131 Integrase catalyzes rearrangements between DNA sequences.

MAP Kinase (2erk)
     Canagarajah et al., Cell 90: 859-869 (1997) Signal transduction pahtways

Nitrogenase Iron Protein (1nip)
     Georgiadis et al., Science 257: 1653-1659 (1992) Reduces nitrogen during nitrogen fixation.

Nucleosome (1aoi)
     Luger et al., Nature 389: 251-260 (1997) Histone proteins and DNA in core packaging particle.

Oestrogen Receptor (1ere)
     Brzozowski et al., Nature 389: 753-758 (1997) Hormone receptor for estrogen.

Phosphofructokinase (1pfk)
     Evans & Hudson Nature 279: 500-504 (1979) Controls rate of glycolysis.

Porins (2omf)
     Cowan et al., Nature 358: 272-733 (1992) Aid in the diffusion of small molecules.

Potassium Channel (1bl8)
     Doyle et al., Science 280: 69-77 (1998) A selective membrane channel protein.

Ras-RasGAP complex (1wq1)
     Scheffzek et al., Science 277: 333-338 (1997) Ras proteins are critical regulators of signal transduction pathways.

Rhodopsin (1f88)
    Palczewski et al., Science 289: 739-745 (2000) Rhodopsin is activated by light and initiates the vision signalling pathway.

Ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) (1rus)
     Andersson et al., Nature 337: 229-234 (1989) Catalyzes the fixation of CO₂ during the Calvin cycle.

RNA polymerase domain of primase (1dde)
    Keck et al., Science 287: 2482-2486 (2000) Primases are DNA replication priming RNA polymerases required for the initiation of DNA synthesis.

Seryl-tRNA synthetase with seryl adenylate (1ser)
     Belrhali et al., Science 263: 1432-1436 (1994) As discussed in lecture; also see Biou et al., Science 263: 1404-1410 (1994)

Signal Recognition Particle- ribonucleoprotein core (1dul)
    Batey et al., Science 287: 1232-1239 (2000) SRPs bind to signal sequences and mediate the docking of the translating ribosome to the endoplasmic reticulum.

Single Stranded Binding Protein RPA (1jmc)
     Bochkarev et al., Nature 385: 176-181 (1997) Bind to DNA during replication.

Taq DNA Polymerase (1taq)
     Kim et al., Nature 376: 612-616 (1995) The thermostable DNA polymerase used for PCR.

TATA-box Binding Polypeptide (1tgh)
     Kim et al., Nature 365: 520-527 (1993) Critical protein in eukaryotic transcription.

Topoisomerase I (1a35)
     Redinbo et al., Science 279: 1504-1513 (1998) Topoisomerase I break one strand of a DNA duplex. This is an important step in DNA replication, transcription, and translation.

Topoisomerase II (1bjt)
     Berger et al., Nature 379: 225 (1996) Different class of topoisomerases.

Transcription Regulatory protein GA-binding protein (GABP) (1awc)
    Batchelor et al., Science 279: 1037-1041 (1998) Regulation of eukaryotic gene expression.

trp Repressor/Operator Complex (1tro)
     Otwinowski et al., Nature 335: 321 (1988) Regulation of prokaryotic gene expression.

Ubiquitin cascade proteins E6AP-UbcH7 (1d5f)
    Huang et al., Science 286: 1321-1326 (1999) Proteolysis of cellular proteins by ubiquitin is an important regulatory process for many cellular activities.

VP40 Ebola Virus Matrix Protein (1ES6)
     Dessen et al., EMBO J. 19: 4228-4236 (2000) Role in virus assembly and budding.

Protein and Reference	Brief Description
Acid Phosphatase (1kbp) Strater et al., Science 268: 1489-1492 (1995)	From kidney beans, for those who want more acid phosphatase data.
Actin (1j6z) Otterbein et al., Science 293: 708-711 (2001)	Component of muscle cell filaments.
Adenylyl Cyclase complex with G_sa-GTPgS (1cjk) Tesmer et al., Science 278: 1907-1916 (1997)	Adenylyl cyclase converts ATP to the second messenger cyclic AMP (cAMP)
Anthrax Toxin Protective Antigen (1acc) Petosa et al., Nature 385: 833 (1997)	Component of the anthrax toxin.
APE1 Endonuclease (1de9) Mol et al., Nature 403: 451-456 (2000)	AP Endonuclease repairs DNA damage.
Bacteriophage T7 DNA Replication Complex Doublie et al., Nature 391: 251-258 (1998)	How a DNA template helps to direct nucleotide selection
Bacteriorhodopsin (1c8s) Leucke et al., Science 286: 255-260 (1999)	A light driven proton pump.
Bam HI Endonuclease (1bhm) Newman et al., Science 269: 656-663	Bam HI cleaves DNA at the sequence 5' -GGATCC- 3'
Catabolite Activator Protein (CAP)-DNA Complex (2cgp) Schultz et al., Science 253: 1001- 1007 (1991)	Regulatory protein of the lac operon
Cholera toxin-related heat-labile Enterotoxin of E. coli (1lts) Sixma et al., Nature 351: 371-377 (1991)	Enterotoxins are produced by some intestinal bacteria and cause diarrheal diseases. See also- Sixma et al., Nature 355: 561-564 (1992)
Cyclin-dependent Kinase 2 (1hck) De Bondt et al., Nature 363: 595-602 (1993)	Cyclin-dependent protein kinases are important regulators of the cell cycle.
Cytochrome bc1 complex (1bgy) Iwata et al., Science 281: 64-71 (1998)	Complex is one component of electron transport chain.
DNA Polymerase III- b Subunit (1pol) Kong et al., Cell 69: 425-437 (1992)	Subunit provides clamp that can slide along DNA.
DNA Gyrase (1ab4) Morais Cabral et al., Nature 388: 903-906 (1997)	Supercoils DNA in bacteria
Elongation Factor Tu with Phe-tRNA^Phe (1ttt) Nissen et al., Science 270: 1464-1472 (1995)	Recommended choice.
F₁-ATPase (1h8e) Abrahams et al., Nature 370: 621-628 (1994)	Protein synthesizes ATP on mitochondrial membrane.
Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (4fbp) Ke et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88: 2989-2993 (1991)	Key regulatory enzyme in gluconeogenesis
GCN4 Leucine Zipper (2zta) O-Shea et al., Science 254: 539-544 (1991)	Eukaryotic transcription factor.
Glyphosate Herbicide with EPSP Synthase (1G6S) Schonbrunn et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:1376 (2001)	Glyphosate is active ingredient in Roundup.
Green Fluorescent Protein (1emb) Ormo et al., Science 273: 1392-1395 (1996)	Fluorscent protein from jellyfish.
GroEL (1aon) Xu et al., Nature 388: 741-750 (1997)	Molecular Chaperone Complex
Histone Acetyltransferase of GCN5 (1qst) Rojas et al., Nature 401: 93-98 (1999)	Important in the regulation of gene expression.
Histone Deacetylase (1c3r) Finnin et al., Nature 401: 188-193 (1999)	Important in the regulation of gene expression.
HIV Protease (1hvp) Navia et al., Nature 337: 615-620 (1989)	An aspartyl protease.
Human Serum Albumin (1bmo) He & Carter, Nature 358: 209-215(1992)	An abundant protein found in the circulatory system that aids in the transport of many ligands.
Interleukin-1 Receptor (1ira) Schreuder et al., Nature 386: 194-200 (1997)	Receptor for activating of macrophages.
Lac repressor protein (1efa) Friedman et al., Science 268: 1721-1727 (1995)	also see Lewis et al., Science 271: 1247-1254 (1996)
Lambda Integrase (1ae9) Kwon et al., Science 276: 126-131	Integrase catalyzes rearrangements between DNA sequences.
MAP Kinase (2erk) Canagarajah et al., Cell 90: 859-869 (1997)	Signal transduction pahtways
Nitrogenase Iron Protein (1nip) Georgiadis et al., Science 257: 1653-1659 (1992)	Reduces nitrogen during nitrogen fixation.
Nucleosome (1aoi) Luger et al., Nature 389: 251-260 (1997)	Histone proteins and DNA in core packaging particle.
Oestrogen Receptor (1ere) Brzozowski et al., Nature 389: 753-758 (1997)	Hormone receptor for estrogen.
Phosphofructokinase (1pfk) Evans & Hudson Nature 279: 500-504 (1979)	Controls rate of glycolysis.
Porins (2omf) Cowan et al., Nature 358: 272-733 (1992)	Aid in the diffusion of small molecules.
Potassium Channel (1bl8) Doyle et al., Science 280: 69-77 (1998)	A selective membrane channel protein.
Ras-RasGAP complex (1wq1) Scheffzek et al., Science 277: 333-338 (1997)	Ras proteins are critical regulators of signal transduction pathways.
Rhodopsin (1f88) Palczewski et al., Science 289: 739-745 (2000)	Rhodopsin is activated by light and initiates the vision signalling pathway.
Ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) (1rus) Andersson et al., Nature 337: 229-234 (1989)	Catalyzes the fixation of CO₂ during the Calvin cycle.
RNA polymerase domain of primase (1dde) Keck et al., Science 287: 2482-2486 (2000)	Primases are DNA replication priming RNA polymerases required for the initiation of DNA synthesis.
Seryl-tRNA synthetase with seryl adenylate (1ser) Belrhali et al., Science 263: 1432-1436 (1994)	As discussed in lecture; also see Biou et al., Science 263: 1404-1410 (1994)
Signal Recognition Particle- ribonucleoprotein core (1dul) Batey et al., Science 287: 1232-1239 (2000)	SRPs bind to signal sequences and mediate the docking of the translating ribosome to the endoplasmic reticulum.
Single Stranded Binding Protein RPA (1jmc) Bochkarev et al., Nature 385: 176-181 (1997)	Bind to DNA during replication.
Taq DNA Polymerase (1taq) Kim et al., Nature 376: 612-616 (1995)	The thermostable DNA polymerase used for PCR.
TATA-box Binding Polypeptide (1tgh) Kim et al., Nature 365: 520-527 (1993)	Critical protein in eukaryotic transcription.
Topoisomerase I (1a35) Redinbo et al., Science 279: 1504-1513 (1998)	Topoisomerase I break one strand of a DNA duplex. This is an important step in DNA replication, transcription, and translation.
Topoisomerase II (1bjt) Berger et al., Nature 379: 225 (1996)	Different class of topoisomerases.
Transcription Regulatory protein GA-binding protein (GABP) (1awc) Batchelor et al., Science 279: 1037-1041 (1998)	Regulation of eukaryotic gene expression.
trp Repressor/Operator Complex (1tro) Otwinowski et al., Nature 335: 321 (1988)	Regulation of prokaryotic gene expression.
Ubiquitin cascade proteins E6AP-UbcH7 (1d5f) Huang et al., Science 286: 1321-1326 (1999)	Proteolysis of cellular proteins by ubiquitin is an important regulatory process for many cellular activities.
VP40 Ebola Virus Matrix Protein (1ES6) Dessen et al., EMBO J. 19: 4228-4236 (2000)	Role in virus assembly and budding.