Identification of the hydrophobic thickness of a membrane protein using fluorescence spectroscopy: Studies with the mechanosensitive channel MscL

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5713-5721

  Powl, Andrew M ^a   Wright, J Neville ^a   East, J Malcolm ^a   Lee, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPIDS; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PERMITTIVITY;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBIC THICKNESS; LIFETIMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

PROTEINS;

CARBON; CARBON 14; CYSTEINE; HYDROCARBON; LEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOLVENT; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 17144391476     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi047338g     Document Type: Article

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