Membrane transport proteins with complete replacement of transmembrane helices with polyalanine sequences remain functional

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 280, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 8647-8650

  Bao, Xiaoyong ^a   Chen, Yongyue ^a   Sung, Haeng Lee ^a   Sung, Chang Lee ^a   Reuss, Luis ^a   Altenberg, Guillermo A ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC POLYMERS; CELLS; GENES; MEMBRANES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FUNCTIONAL CHANGES; GENOME CODING; HELIX-SCREENING TOOLS; NATIVE SEQUENCES;

PROTEINS;

ALANINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONNEXIN 43; CYSTEINE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 15744381865     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M413536200     Document Type: Article

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