Barstar (BST) is an inhibitor synthesized and secreted by the bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. It binds to the ribonuclease barnase (BA) very tightly and prevents it from digestion of the cell’s RNA.[1]


Barstar dimer 1a19

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3D Structures of Barstar3D Structures of Barstar

Updated on 01-December-2015

ReferencesReferences

  1. Buckle AM, Schreiber G, Fersht AR. Protein-protein recognition: crystal structural analysis of a barnase-barstar complex at 2.0-A resolution. Biochemistry. 1994 Aug 2;33(30):8878-89. PMID:8043575

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