Structural and functional study of a conserved region in the uncoupling protein UCP1: The three matrix loops are involved in the control of transport

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-149

  González Barroso, M Mar ^a   Fleury, Christophe ^b   Jiménez, M Angeles ^c   Sanz, Jesús M ^a   Romero, Antonio ^a   Bouillaud, Frédéric ^b   Rial, Eduardo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial carrier; NMR structure; Site directed mutagenesis; Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; MATRIX PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REPETITIVE DNA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHANNEL GATING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENETIC REGULATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; YEAST;

EID: 0344246935     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3049     Document Type: Article

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