G-protein-coupled receptor domain overexpression in Halobacterium salinarum: Long-range transmembrane interactions in heptahelical membrane proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 412-423

  Jaakola, Veli Pekka ^a,b   Rehn, Maria ^a   Moeller, Martina ^c   Alexiev, Ulrike ^c   Goldman, Adrian ^a   Turner, George J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Viikki Graduate School in BioSciences   (Finland)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2b adrenergic receptor; Allosteric; Bacteriorhodopsin; Fusion proteins; G protein coupled receptors; Heterologous expression

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GENE FUSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOPLASM; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; LIPID BILAYERS; LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOMICS; PROTONS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM;

EID: 23044489637     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20498     Document Type: Article

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