Intermonomer hydrogen bonds enhance gxxxg-driven dimerization of the BNIP3 transmembrane domain: Roles for sequence context in helix-helix association in membranes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 396, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 924-936

  Lawrie, Charles M ^a   Sulistijo, Endah S ^a   MacKenzie, Kevin R ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GxxxG motif; Hydrogen bonding; Membrane protein folding; Sequence context; Transmembrane domain dimerization

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN BNIP3; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 77649275029     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.12.023     Document Type: Article

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