The 21-residue surfactant peptide (LysLeu4)4Lys(KL4) is a transmembrane α-helix with a mixed nonpolar/polar surface

FEBS Letters

Volumn 384, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-188

  Gustafsson, Magnus ^a   Vandenbussche, Guy ^b   Curstedt, Tore ^c   Ruysschaert, Jean Marie ^b   Johansson, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

lipid associated peptides; membrane protein; pulmonary surfactant; secondary structure; SP B; SP C; synthetic peptide; transmembrane helix

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029866148     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00290-6     Document Type: Article

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