The structure of aquaporin-1 at 4.5-Å resolution reveals short α- helices in the center of the monomer

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-43

  Mitsuoka, Kaoru ^a   Murata, Kazuyoshi ^b   Walz, Thomas ^c   Hirai, Teruhisa ^a   Agre, Peter ^d   Heymann, J Bernard ^e   Engel, Andreas ^e   Fujiyoshi, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 1; Electron crystallography; Membrane protein; Three dimensional structure; Water channel

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WATER PERMEABILITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033380377     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1999.4177     Document Type: Article

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