Deciphering molecular interactions of native membrane proteins by single-molecule force spectroscopy

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 36, Issue , 2007, Pages 233-260

  Kedrov, Alexej ^a   Janovjak, Harald ^a   Sapra, K Tanuj ^a   Müller, Daniel J ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Ligand binding; Protein folding; Protein unfolding; Structure function

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SINGLE MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; KINETICS; LIGANDS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 34347259478     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.36.040306.132640     Document Type: Review

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