Monitoring membrane protein conformational heterogeneity by fluorescence lifetime distribution analysis using the maximum entropy method

Journal of Fluorescence

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 407-413

  Haldar, Sourav ^a   Kombrabail, Mamata ^b   Krishnamoorthy, G ^b   Chattopadhyay, Amitabha ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Fluorescence lifetime distribution; Gramicidin; Ion channel; Maximum entropy method; Membrane proteins

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL HETEROGENEITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; ION CHANNEL; LIFE-TIME DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE-BOUND; MODEL FREE; TRYPTOPHAN RESIDUES;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; ENTROPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IONS;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GRAMICIDIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENTROPY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENTROPY; GRAMICIDIN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 77951022336     PISSN: 10530509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-009-0554-z     Document Type: Article

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