Lipids as cofactors in protein folding: Stereo-specific lipid-protein interactions are required to form HAMLET (human α-lactalbumin made lethal to tumor cells)

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2805-2814

  Svensson, Malin ^a   Mossberg, Ann Kristin ^a   Pettersson, Jenny ^a   Linse, Sara ^a   Svanborg, Catharina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lactalbumin; Apoptosis; Cancer; Fatty acids; HAMLET; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; LIPID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION EXCHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STEREOSPECIFICITY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; APOPTOSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LACTALBUMIN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA L1210; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0344201898     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0231103     Document Type: Article

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