Hinges, swivels and switches: The role of prolines in signalling via transmembrane α-helices

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 445-451

  S P Sansom, Mark ^a   Weinstein, Harel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; LIGAND; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROLINE;

ALPHA HELIX; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND VARIABILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; P-GLYCOPROTEINS; PROLINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034327611     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-6147(00)01553-4     Document Type: Review

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