The N-terminal domain of Bcl-XL reversibly binds membranes in a pH-dependent manner

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 48, 2006, Pages 14533-14542

  Thuduppathy, Guruvasuthevan R ^a   Terrones, Oihana ^b   Craig, Jeffrey W ^a   Basañez, Gorka ^b   Hill, R Blake ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIC UPV Unidad de Biofisica UBF   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENESIS; PH EFFECTS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROTEINS; PROTONS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

ACIDIC RESIDUES; MEMBRANE BINDING; PERMEABILIZATION; TRANSMEMBRANES;

MEMBRANES;

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; PROTEIN BCL XL;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PRESSURE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 33845273500     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0616652     Document Type: Article

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