Interhelical hydrogen bonding drives strong interactions in membrane proteins

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 154-160

  Zhou, Fang Xiao ^a   Cocco, Melanie J ^a   Russ, William P ^a   Brunger, Axel T ^a,b   Engelman, Donald M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; DETERGENT; GLYCOPHORIN A; LEUCINE; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VALINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; MEMBRANE; MICELLE; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARAGINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DETERGENTS; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCOPHORIN; HYDROGEN BONDING; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICELLES; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 0007949690     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/72430     Document Type: Article

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