A single amino acid can switch the oligomerization state of the α-helical coiled-coil domain of cartilage matrix protein

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 3767-3777

  Beck, Konrad ^a,b,d   Gambee, Jay E ^a   Kamawal, Aqilla ^a   Bächinger, Hans Peter ^a,c  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Circular dichroism spectroscopy; Heptad repeats; Ionic interactions; Synthetic peptides

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTRAST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CARTILAGE; CHICKENS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0030983330     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.13.3767     Document Type: Article

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