Statistical analysis of amino acid patterns in transmembrane helices: The GxxxG motif occurs frequently and association with β-branched residues at neighboring positions

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 296, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 921-936

  Senes, Alessandro ^a   Gerstein, Mark ^a   Engelman, Donald M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycine; Membrane proteins; Protein folding; Sequence analysis; branched

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCOPHORIN A; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; ISOLEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SERINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034711958     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3488     Document Type: Article

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