Insertion of short transmembrane helices by the Sec61 translocon

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 11588-11593

  Jaud, Simon ^a   Fernández Vidal, Mónica ^a,c   Nilsson, IngMarie ^b   Meindl Beinker, Nadja M ^b   Hübner, Nadja C ^b   Tobias, Douglas J ^a   Von Heijne, Gunnar ^b   White, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic mismatch; Lipid bilayer; Membrane protein synthesis; Membrane proteins; Molecular dynamics simulation

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PALMITOYLOLEOYL PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PALMITOYLOLEOYL PHOSPHOCHOLINE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TRANSLOCON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE INSERTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES;

EID: 67650869802     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900638106     Document Type: Article

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