Interaction and orientation of an α-aminoisobutyric acid- and tryptophan-containing short helical peptide pore-former in phospholipid vesicles, as revealed by fluorescence spectroscopy

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 790-797

  Jelokhani Niaraki, Masood ^a,b   Nakashima, Kenichi ^a   Kodama, Hiroaki ^a   Kondo, Michio ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluorescence quenching; Gramicidin b Aib analogue (GBA); Helical peptide pore former; Peptide lipid interaction; Vesicle surface adsorption

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; GRAMICIDIN B; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EGG YOLK; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE;

EID: 0031970684     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022006     Document Type: Article

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