Three unrelated and unexpected amino acids determine the susceptibility of the interface cysteine to a sulfhydryl reagent in the triosephosphate isomerases of two trypanosomes.

Proteins with great sequence similarity usually have similar structure, function and other physicochemical properties. But in many cases, one or more of the physicochemical or functional characteristics differ, sometimes very considerably, among these homologous proteins. To better understand how cr...

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Main Authors: Selma Díaz-Mazariegos, Nallely Cabrera, Ruy Perez-Montfort
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5771576?pdf=render