Structural principles of intramembrane proteases

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 405-411

  Ha, Ya ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GAMMA SECRETASE; GLPG PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; MEMBRANE ENZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; WATER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548832250     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.06.010     Document Type: Review

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