The transmembrane homotrimer of ADAM 1 in model lipid bilayers

Protein Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 285-292

  Siok, Wan Gan ^a   Xin, Lin ^a   Torres, Jaume ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

helical bundles; ADAM 1; Fertilin; Fusion; Homotrimer; Infrared dichroism; Lipid bilayers; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; FERTILIN; HETERODIMER; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN ADAM 1; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADAM PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33846500705     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.062494307     Document Type: Article

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