Formation of transmembrane helices in vivo - Is hydrophobicity all that matters?

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 353-356

  Von Heijne, Gunnar ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TRANSLOCON;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FORMATION; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 34247614946     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200709740     Document Type: Review

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