Stability and specificity of heterodimer formation for the coiled-coil neck regions of the motor proteins Kif3A and Kif3B: The role of unstructured oppositely charged regions

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-220

  Chana, M S ^a   Tripet, B P ^a   Mant, C T ^a   Hodges, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Heterodimerization; Kif3; Kinesin; Protein stability; Unstructured charged regions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIMER; KIF3A PROTEIN; KIF3B PROTEIN; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; KINESIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 14744275482     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.2005.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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