Folding of helical membrane proteins: The role of polar, GxxxG-like and proline motifs

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 465-479

  Senes, Alessandro ^a   Engel, Donald E ^a   Degrado, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BH3 PROTEIN; COAT PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLYCOPHORIN A; INTEGRIN; LACTOSE PERMEASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; GLYCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROLINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 4143085058     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2004.07.007     Document Type: Review

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