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Reference:	Ames, J.B., Ishima, R., Tanaka, T., Gordon, J.I., Stryer, L., Ikura, M. Molecular mechanics of calcium-myristoyl switches (1997) Nature 389, 198-202.
Deposited by:	Melanie R. Nelson, The Scripps Research Institute, Molecular Biology
Depositor's e-mail address:	mnelson@scripps.edu
Date deposited:	04-24-1998
Validated by:	Melanie R. Nelson (mnelson@scripps.edu)
Comments:	This paper reports the NMR strucutre of fatty-acylated recoverin in the calcium-loaded state. The N-terminal fatty acyl group is a homolog of myristate, used to improve the solubuility of the protein in the calcium-bound form.