Solution structure of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides PufX membrane protein: Implications for the quinone exchange and protein-protein interactions

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3635-3642

  Wang, Zheng Yu ^a   Suzuki, Hiroaki ^a   Kobayashi, Masayuki ^b   Nozawa, Tsunenori ^c  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ARIAKE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SOLUTION STRUCTURE; UBIQUINOL TRANSPORT;

ALCOHOLS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KETONES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEINS;

BACTERIA;

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN PUFX; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; UBIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; UBIQUINONE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 33947631898     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0618060     Document Type: Article

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