Ser and Thr Residues Modulate the Conformation of Pro-Kinked Transmembrane α-Helices

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 105-115

  Deupi, Xavier ^a   Olivella, Mireia ^a   Govaerts, Cedric ^b,e   Ballesteros, Juan Antonio ^c   Campillo, Mercedes ^a   Pardo, Leonardo ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Novasite Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0347949636     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74088-6     Document Type: Article

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