Motifs of two small residues can assist but are not sufficient to mediate transmembrane helix interactions

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 343, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 799-804

  Schneider, Dirk ^a,b   Engelman, Donald M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

GALLEX; glycophorin A; GxxxG; hetero dimer; membrane protein interaction

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DIMER; GLYCINE; GLYCOPHORIN A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

HOMO;

EID: 5144227144     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.08.083     Document Type: Article

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