Solid-state NMR and molecular dynamics simulations reveal the oligomeric ion-channels of TM2-GABAA stabilized by intermolecular hydrogen bonding

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1788, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 686-695

  Kandasamy, Senthil K ^a   Lee, Dong Kuk ^a   Nanga, Ravi P R ^a   Xu, Jiadi ^a   Santos, Jose S ^a   Larson, Ronald G ^a   Ramamoorthy, Ayyalusamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA receptor; Ion channel; Lipid bilayer; Membrane protein; Solid state NMR; Structure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; SOLID STATE;

CHLORIDE CHANNELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 60549108729     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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