Thermodynamics of the α-helix-coil transition of amphipathic peptides in a membrane environment: Implications for the peptide-membrane binding equilibrium

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 785-794

  Wieprecht, Torsten ^a   Apostolov, Ognjan ^a   Beyermann, Michael ^b   Seelig, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphipathic peptide; Helix coil transition; Magainin; Peptide membrane interaction; Titration calorimetry

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MAGAININ 2 AMIDE; PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENANTIOMER; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; MEMBRANE BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0033521226     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3268     Document Type: Article

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