Conformational changes of urea-denatured colicin E1 induced by phospholipid membranes

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 477-485

  Wu, Y ^a,b   Sui, Sen Fang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Colicins; Lipid protein interaction; Protein folding; Protein insertion

Indexed keywords

COLICIN E1; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COLICINS; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE; TRYPTOPHAN; UREA;

EID: 0033066176     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.1999.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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