Structure and Characterization of a Novel Chicken Biotin-Binding Protein a (Bbp-A).
Hytonen, V.P., Maatta, J.A.E., Niskanen, E.A., Huuskonen, J., Helttunen, K.J., Halling, K.K., Nordlund, H.R., Rissanen, K., Johnson, M.S., Salminen, T.A., Kulomaa, M.S., Laitinen, O.H., Airenne, T.T.(2007) BMC Struct Biol 7: 8
- PubMed: 17343730 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6807-7-8
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2C1Q, 2C1S - PubMed Abstract: 
The chicken genome contains a BBP-A gene showing similar characteristics to avidin family genes. In a previous study we reported that the BBP-A gene may encode a biotin-binding protein due to the high sequence similarity with chicken avidin, especially at regions encoding residues known to be located at the ligand-binding site of avidin.
Organizational Affiliation: 
NanoScience Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, P.O. Box 35 (YAB), FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland. veshyto@mat.ethz.ch