Unfolding and refolding in vitro of a tetrameric, α-helical membrane protein: The prokaryotic potassium channel KcsA

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 43, 2005, Pages 14344-14352

  Barrera, Francisco N ^a   Renart, M Lourdes ^a   Molina, M Luisa ^a   Poveda, José A ^a   Encinar, José A ^a   Fernández, Asia M ^a   Neira, José L ^a,b   González Ros, José M ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; PROTEINS;

2,2,2-TRIFLUOROETHANOL (TFE); TETRAMERIC STRUCTURE; TETRAMERIZATION; TRYPTOPHAN RESIDUES;

POTASSIUM;

AZOLECTIN; DETERGENT; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOMER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SOLVENT; TETRAMER; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; TRYPTOPHAN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DISSOCIATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PATCH CLAMP; POLYMERIZATION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; TRYPTOPHAN;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 27444441821     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi050845t     Document Type: Article

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