Prion protein structure is affected by pH-dependent interaction with membranes: A study in a model system

FEBS Letters

Volumn 582, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-220

  Re, Francesca ^a   Sesana, Silvia ^a   Barbiroli, Alberto ^b   Bonomi, Francesco ^b   Cazzaniga, Emanuela ^a   Lonati, Elena ^a   Bulbarelli, Alessandra ^a   Masserini, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Lipid rafts; Liposomes; Prion protein; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; LIPOSOME; MONOSIALOGANGLIOSIDE; OLEOYLPALMITOYLLECITHIN; OLIGOMER; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPHINGOMYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CROSS LINKING; LIPID RAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SUCROSE DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRICETINAE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPOSOMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 38049079847     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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