Evidence for the amphipathic nature and tilted topology of helices 4 and 5 in the closed state of the colicin E1 Channel

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1369-1380

  Ho, Derek ^a   Merrill, A Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPATHIC; BI LAYERS; C TERMINUS; CHANNEL STRUCTURES; COLICIN; CYSTEINE RESIDUES; DUAL FLUORESCENCES; FLUORESCENCE ANISOTROPIES; FLUORESCENCE EMISSIONS; FLUORESCENCE LABELING TECHNIQUES; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; HARMONIC WAVES; INTERFACIAL REGIONS; LEAST-SQUARES FITS; LOOP REGIONS; MEMBRANE ASSOCIATIONS; MEMBRANE BILAYERS; MEMBRANE BOUNDS; MEMBRANE SURFACES; MUTANT PROTEINS; PENETRATION DEPTHS; TOPOLOGY MODELS;

AMINES; MEMBRANES; TOPOLOGY; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

FLUORESCENCE;

CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; COLICIN E1 CHANNEL; CYSTEINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; COLICINS; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 64349118690     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi801906v     Document Type: Article

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