Tryptophan supports interaction of transmembrane helices

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 354, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 894-902

  Ridder, Anja ^a,b   Skupjen, Paulina ^a   Unterreitmeier, Stephanie ^a   Langosch, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interaction; POSSYCCAT; ToxR; Transmembrane segment; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 28444469781     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.09.084     Document Type: Article

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