In pre-sterol carrier protein 2 (SCP2) in solution the leader peptide 1-20 is flexibly disordered, and residues 21-143 adopt the same globular fold as in mature SCP2

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 751-759

  Weber, F E ^a   Dyer, J H ^a   Lopez Garcia F ^a   Werder, M ^a   Szyperski, T ^a   Wuthrich K ^a   Hauser, H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

N terminal leader peptide; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Protein expression; Protein structure; Sterol carrier protein 2

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE; STEROL CARRIER PROTEIN 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; KINETICS; LIPOSOMES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031872482     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050203     Document Type: Article

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