Melittin, a metabostatic peptide inhibiting G(s) activity

Peptides

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 811-819

  Fukushima, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Kohno, Masayuki ^a   Kato, Takeshi ^c   Kawamoto, Susumu ^b   Okuda, Kenji ^b   Misu, Yoshimi ^b   Ueda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic peptide; G protein; G(s); Mastoparan; Melittin; Metabostatic receptor

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MASTOPARAN; MELITTIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; MALE; MELITTEN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; WASP VENOMS;

EID: 0031809443     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(98)00027-8     Document Type: Article

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