NMR structure determination of a membrane protein with two transmembrane helices in micelles: MerF of the bacterial mercury detoxification system

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 5196-5206

  Howell, Stanley C ^a   Mesleh, Michael F ^a   Opella, Stanley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; MERCURY (METAL); MICELLES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYPEPTIDES;

DIPOLAR WAVE FITTING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RESIDUAL DIPOLAR COUPLINGS (RDC); TRANSMEMBRANE HELICES;

PROTEINS;

CYSTEINE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MERCURY; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN MERF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; DETOXIFICATION; MICELLE; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MERCURY; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MICELLES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 16344376576     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048095v     Document Type: Article

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