The influence of sterols on the conformation of recombinant mitochondrial porin in detergent

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 539-545

  Bay, Denice C ^a,b   O'Neil, Joe D ^a   Court, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Detergent; Ergosterol; Mitochondrial porin; VDAC

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACIDS; ARTIFICIAL BILAYERS; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANES; CELLULAR METABOLISMS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMETHYLAMINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ERGOSTEROL; FOLDED STATES; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MITOCHONDRIAL PORIN; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SELECTIVE CHANNELS; SOLUBILIZED PROTEINS; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; UV CIRCULAR DICHROISMS; VDAC;

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; DETERGENTS; DICHROISM; LIPIDS; MITOCHONDRIA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SODIUM;

ALCOHOLS;

CHOLESTEROL; DETERGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ERGOSTEROL; HISTIDINE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PORIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

DETERGENTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; STEROLS; VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT ANION CHANNELS;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 57749113087     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O08-132     Document Type: Article

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