Interaction of transmembrane helices by a knobs-into-holes packing characteristic of soluble coiled coils

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 150-159

  Langosch, Dieter ^a   Heringa, Jaap ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Cytochrome C oxidase; Packing; Photosynthetic reaction center; Zipper

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CELL RESPIRATION; COVALENT BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SOLUBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0032080907     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19980501)31:2<150::AID-PROT5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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