Asparagine-mediated self-association of a model transmembrane helix

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-166

  Choma, Christin ^a,b   Gratkowski, Holly ^a   Lear, James D ^a   DeGrado, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; BETAINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; MODEL; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARAGINE; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICELLES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SOLUBILITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0033983453     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/72440     Document Type: Article

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