Zinc Environment in Proteins: The Flexible and Reactive Core of HIV-1 NCp7 and The Inhibitory Site of Caspase-3

Zinc is an essential cofactor of several proteins. The roles of zinc in these proteins are classified as catalytic, structural or regulatory. Zinc present in structural sites is considered to be a chemically inert, static structural element. On the contrary, previous studies on a C2H2 type zinc fing...

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Main Author: Daniel, A. Gerard
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2013
Subjects:
DFT
Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3263
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4262&context=etd