Solid-state NMR and simulation studies of equinatoxin II N-terminus interaction with lipid bilayers

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 858-872

  Lam, Yuen Han ^a   Hung, Andrew ^b   Norton, Raymond S ^c   Separovic, Frances ^d   Watts, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Binding; Membranes; Phosphatidylcholine; Sphingomyelin; Surface properties

Indexed keywords

EQUINATOXIN; COELENTERATE VENOM; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CNIDARIAN VENOMS; LIPID BILAYERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPHINGOMYELINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77949322105     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22612     Document Type: Article

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