An alpha-carbon template for the transmembrane helices in the rhodopsin family of G-protein-coupled receptors

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 144-164

  Baldwin, Joyce M ^a   Schertler, Gebhard F X ^a   Unger, Vinzenz M ^a,b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptor; Rhodopsin; Sequence analysis; Structure prediction

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROG; LIGAND BINDING; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPIN LABELING; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ANURA;

EID: 0031565726     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1240     Document Type: Article

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