Proline-induced hinges in transmembrane helices: Possible roles in ion channel gating

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 63-72

  Tieleman, D Peter ^a,b   Shrivastava, Indira H ^a   Ulmschneider, Martin R ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROLINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALAMETHICIN; ALANINE; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROLINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035427377     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.1073     Document Type: Article

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