| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Commentary When worlds colloid Michael C. Wiener Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2679–2681. doi: 10.1110/ps.062559306.PMCID: PMC2242446 Articles Effects of additives on surfactant phase behavior relevant to bacteriorhodopsin crystallization Bryan W. Berger, Colleen M. Gendron, Abraham M. Lenhoff, and Eric W. Kaler Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2682–2696. doi: 10.1110/ps.062370506.PMCID: PMC2242436 An inserted Gly residue fine tunes dynamics between mesophilic and thermophilic ribonucleases H Joel A. Butterwick and Arthur G. Palmer, III Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2697–2707. doi: 10.1110/ps.062398606.PMCID: PMC2242442 Crystal structure of human D-amino acid oxidase: Context-dependent variability of the backbone conformation of the VAAGL hydrophobic stretch located at the si-face of the flavin ring Tomoya Kawazoe, Hideaki Tsuge, Mirella S. Pilone, and Kiyoshi Fukui Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2708–2717. doi: 10.1110/ps.062421606.PMCID: PMC2242440 Identifying protein construct variants with increased crystallization propensity––A case study Guido A. Malawski, Roman C. Hillig, Felipe Monteclaro, Uwe Eberspaecher, Arndt A.P. Schmitz, Kerstin Crusius, Martina Huber, Ursula Egner, Peter Donner, and Beate Müller-Tiemann Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2718–2728. doi: 10.1110/ps.062491906.PMCID: PMC2242438 Site-directed mutagenesis indicates an important role of cysteines 76 and 181 in the catalysis of hydantoin racemase from Sinorhizobium meliloti Sergio Martínez-Rodríguez, Montserrat Andújar-Sánchez, Jose L. Neira, Josefa M. Clemente-Jiménez, Vicente Jara-Pérez, Felipe Rodríguez-Vico, and Francisco J. Las Heras-Vázquez Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2729–2738. doi: 10.1110/ps.062452106.PMCID: PMC2242435 Binding of mitochondrial leader sequences to Tom20 assessed using a bacterial two-hybrid system shows that hydrophobic interactions are essential and that some mutated leaders that do not bind Tom20 can still be imported Abhijit Mukhopadhyay, Chun-song Yang, and Henry Weiner Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2739–2748. doi: 10.1110/ps.062462006.PMCID: PMC2242433 Crystal structures of human α-defensins HNP4, HD5, and HD6 Agnieszka Szyk, Zhibin Wu, Kenneth Tucker, De Yang, Wuyuan Lu, and Jacek Lubkowski Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2749–2760. doi: 10.1110/ps.062336606.PMCID: PMC2242434 Dynamics of the SPRY domain–containing SOCS box protein 2: Flexibility of key functional loops Shenggen Yao, Ming S. Liu, Seth L. Masters, Jian-Guo Zhang, Jeffrey J. Babon, Nicos A. Nicola, Sandra E. Nicholson, and Raymond S. Norton Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2761–2772. doi: 10.1110/ps.062477806.PMCID: PMC2242441 Critical assessment of quantum mechanics based energy restraints in protein crystal structure refinement Ning Yu, Xue Li, Guanglei Cui, Seth A. Hayik, and Kenneth M. Merz, Jr. Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2773–2784. doi: 10.1110/ps.062343206.PMCID: PMC2242432 New algorithms and an in silico benchmark for computational enzyme design Alexandre Zanghellini, Lin Jiang, Andrew M. Wollacott, Gong Cheng, Jens Meiler, Eric A. Althoff, Daniela Röthlisberger, and David Baker Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2785–2794. doi: 10.1110/ps.062353106.PMCID: PMC2242439 Sensitivity of secondary structure propensities to sequence differences between α- and γ-synuclein: Implications for fibrillation Joseph A. Marsh, Vinay K. Singh, Zongchao Jia, and Julie D. Forman-Kay Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2795–2804. doi: 10.1110/ps.062465306.PMCID: PMC2242444 Enzymatic processing of collagen IV by MMP-2 (gelatinase A) affects neutrophil migration and it is modulated by extracatalytic domains Susanna Monaco, Valentina Sparano, Magda Gioia, Diego Sbardella, Donato Di Pierro, Stefano Marini, and Massimo Coletta Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2805–2815. doi: 10.1110/ps.062430706.PMCID: PMC2242443 Thermal unfolding of eosinophil cationic protein/ribonuclease 3: A nonreversible process Zoran Nikolovski, Víctor Buzón, Marc Ribó, Mohammed Moussaoui, Maria Vilanova, Claudi M. Cuchillo, Josep Cladera, and M. Victòria Nogués Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2816–2827. doi: 10.1110/ps.062196406.PMCID: PMC2242447 Specific interactions by the N-terminal arm inhibit self-association of the AraC dimerization domain John E. Weldon and Robert F. Schleif Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2828–2835. doi: 10.1110/ps.062327506.PMCID: PMC2242437 Protein Structure Report Solution structure of a single-domain thiosulfate sulfurtransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana Gabriel Cornilescu, Dmitriy A. Vinarov, Ejan M. Tyler, John L. Markley, and Claudia C. Cornilescu Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2836–2841. doi: 10.1110/ps.062395206.PMCID: PMC2242445 For the Record Enhanced cell-free protein expression by fusion with immunoglobulin Cκ domain Elizabeth Palmer, Hong Liu, Farid Khan, Michael J. Taussig, and Mingyue He Protein Sci. 2006 December; 15(12): 2842–2846. doi: 10.1110/ps.062429906.PMCID: PMC2242431 |