Critical segment of apocytochrome c for its insertion into membrane

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 262, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 61-69

  Wang, Xiaoping ^a   Han, Xuehai ^a   Yang, Fuyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Apocytochrome c; Binding to mitochondria; Conformational changes; Critical segment; Membrane insertion

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; APOCYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C; HYPOCRELLIN B; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; PEPTIDE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; LIPID MONOLAYER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHICKENS; CYTOCHROMES C; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 4344611660     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MCBI.0000038216.13105.08     Document Type: Article

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