In vitro Unfolding and Refolding of the Small Multidrug Transporter EmrE

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 393, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 815-832

  Miller, David ^a   Charalambous, Kalypso ^a   Rotem, Dvir ^b   Schuldiner, Shimon ^b   Curnow, Paul ^a   Booth, Paula J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

folding; lipid composition; membrane protein; multidrug transporter

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; EMRE PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTIPORTERS; DETERGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICELLES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; UREA;

EID: 70349819894     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.08.039     Document Type: Article

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