Sequence-specific conformational flexibility of SNARE transmembrane helices probed by hydrogen/deuterium exchange

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1326-1335

  Stelzer, Walter ^a   Poschner, Bernhard C ^a   Stalz, Holger ^a,c   Heck, Albert J ^b   Langosch, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Waters SAS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEUTERIUM HYDROGEN EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SNARE PROTEINS;

EID: 51049113853     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.132928     Document Type: Article

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