The role of water in sequence-independent ligand binding by an oligopeptide transporter protein

J R H Tame, S H Sleigh, A J Wilkinson, J E Ladbury

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Abstract

Buried water molecules play a pivotal structural and energetic role in mediating interactions between a bacterial oligopeptide transporter protein and its ligands.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)998-1001
Number of pages4
JournalNature Structural Biology
Volume3
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - Dec 1996

Keywords

  • CHAIN CONFORMATIONAL ENTROPY
  • BOUND WATER
  • ESCHERICHIA-COLI
  • SPECIFICITY
  • MOLECULES
  • ENTHALPY

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