Lipid bilayer regulation of membrane protein function: Gramicidin channels as molecular force probes

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 44, 2010, Pages 373-395

  Lundbæk, Jens A ^a,b   Collingwood, Shemille A ^a   Ingólfsson, Helgi I ^a   Kapoor, Ruchi ^a   Andersen, Olaf S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gramicidin channels; Hydrophobic coupling; Lipid bilayer elasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYERS; MONOLAYERS; PROBES;

BI-LAYER; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; ENERGETIC COSTS; GRAMICIDIN CHANNELS; HYDROPHOBIC COUPLING; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLITES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR FORCES; NEW TOOLS; NON-SPECIFIC INTERACTIONS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; PROTEIN FUNCTIONS;

PROTEINS;

AMPHOPHILE; GRAMICIDIN; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MOLECULAR PROBE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; REVIEW; RIGIDITY;

EID: 76049124690     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0443     Document Type: Review

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