Transmembrane helix association affinity can be modulated by flanking and noninterfacial residues

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4418-4427

  Zhang, Jinming ^a   Lazaridis, Themis ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; LYSINE; CORE PROTEIN; GLYCOPHORIN; GYPA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE M13; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; IONIZATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTON TRANSPORT; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE M13; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLYCOPHORIN; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 68949142901     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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