X-ray structure of a protein-conducting channel

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6969, 2004, Pages 36-44

  Van Den Berg, Bert ^a   Clemons Jr , William M ^a   Collinson, Ian ^b   Modis, Yorgo ^c   Hartmann, Enno ^d   Harrison, Stephen C ^c   Rapoport, Tom A ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIPIDS; POLYPEPTIDES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES; TRANSLOCATIONS;

PROTEINS;

GAMMA SUBUNIT; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN SEC61; SECY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGY; PROTEIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROSTATICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0347192985     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02218     Document Type: Article

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