Insight into factors directing high production of eukaryotic membrane proteins; Production of 13 human AQPs in Pichia pastoris

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 215-227

  Öberg, Fredrik ^a   Ekvall, Mikael ^a   Nyblom, Maria ^b,c   Backmark, Anna ^b   Neutze, Richard ^a   Hedfalk, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Expression; Membrane proteins; Overproduction; Pichia pastoris

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 8; GUANINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; TETRAMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EUKARYOTE; HOST; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WATER TRANSPORT;

AQUAPORINS; CODON; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 67650287112     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687680902862085     Document Type: Article

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