Folding Amphipathic Helices Into Membranes: Amphiphilicity Trumps Hydrophobicity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 370, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 459-470

  Fernández Vidal, Mónica ^a   Jayasinghe, Sajith ^b   Ladokhin, Alexey S ^c   White, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antimicrobial peptides; hydrophobic moment; membrane proteins; peptide secondary structure; toxins

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLUTAMINE; LEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 34250195381     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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