A short guided tour through functional and structural features of saposin-like proteins

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 389, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 249-257

  Bruhn, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Innate immunity; Lipid metabolism; Lipid binding; Membrane interaction; Saposin like protein

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; GENES; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS;

CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONS;

PROTEINS;

LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL FUNCTION; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SAPOSINS;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 22544463623     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20050051     Document Type: Review

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