Hydrophobic forces drive spontaneous membrane insertion of the bacteriophage Pf3 coat protein without topological control

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 6299-6306

  Kiefer, Dorothee ^a   Kuhn, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage Pf3; Electrophoretic force; Membrane potential; Membrane translocation; Sec translocase

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; COAT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE PF3; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; CARBONYL CYANIDE M-CHLOROPHENYL HYDRAZONE; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE PF3;

EID: 0033571246     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.22.6299     Document Type: Article

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