Towards membrane protein design: PH-sensitive topology of histidine-containing polypeptides

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 768-775

  Bechinger, Burkhard ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Max Planck Institut für biologische Intelligenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phospholipid bilayer; pK values of histidine; Protein lipid interactions; Solid state NMR spectroscopy; helix orientation

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITROGEN 15; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; POLYPEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICELLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PH; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030589158     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0614     Document Type: Article

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