Publications by authors named "Juana Bana"
Article Synopsis
- The dimeric avidin family has welcomed new members that maintain high biotin-binding affinity despite lacking a key intermonomeric tryptophan.
- Agroavidin, a new member derived from Agrobacterium, shows lower biotin affinity due to a phenylalanine in its binding site, which can be restored to high levels by mutation to tyrosine.
- An experiment swapping the C-terminal region of agroavidin with another avidin resulted in a decamer instead of an expected octamer, illustrating the significant role of this region in oligomerization and opening new possibilities for biotin-related applications.
