Deletion of a terminal residue disrupts oligomerization of a transmembrane α-helix

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 339-345

  Ng, Derek P ^a,b   Deber, Charles M ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interface; Oligomerization; Peptides; TM; helices

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOLOGY; BIOMIMETICS; DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ETHANOL; FLUORESCENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SODIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUEOUS INTERFACES; C-TERMINUS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIVIDE AND CONQUER; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FULL-LENGTH PROTEINS; HELICAL CONTENT; INTERFACE; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MONOMERIC FORMS; PROTEIN GEL; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY; TERMINAL RESIDUES; TRANSMEMBRANES; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; WILD TYPES;

PEPTIDES;

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; SOLVENT; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE DELETION; HYDROPHOBICITY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TERMINAL SEQUENCE; WILD TYPE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 77950615002     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O09-162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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