N-tail translocation in a eukaryotic polytopic membrane protein. Synergy between neighboring transmembrane segments

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 264-269

  Monné, Magnus ^c   Gafvelin, Guro ^b   Nilsson, Robert ^c   von Heijne, Gunnar ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cig30; Membrane protein assembly; N tail translocation; Topology

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSOME MEMBRANE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DOGS; GLYCOSYLATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSOMES; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0001207024     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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