Structural and functional properties of the 154-171 wild-type and variant peptides of human lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 708-715

  Peelman, Frank ^a   Goethals, Marc ^b   Vanloo, Berlinda ^a   Labeur, Christine ^a   Brasseur, Robert ^c   Vandekerckhove, Joel ^b   Rosseneu, Maryvonne ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amphipathic helix; High density lipoprotein; Lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase; Lipid protein interaction; Phospholipid

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TURBIDITY;

EID: 0030661982     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-2-00708.x     Document Type: Article

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