A coil-helix instead of a helix-coil motif can be induced in a chloroplast transit peptide from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 171-180

  Krimm, Isabelle ^a   Gans, Pierre ^b   Hernandez, Jean François ^b   Arlaud, Gérard J ^b   Lancelin, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Chloroplast preproteins; NMR; Peptide conformation; Transit peptide

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME ACTIVATORS; FERREDOXINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033215007     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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