Interactions of intrinsically disordered Thellungiella salsuginea dehydrins TsDHN-1 and TsDHN-2 with membranes - Synergistic effects of lipid composition and temperature on secondary structure

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 791-807

  Rahman, Luna N ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Nazim, Sumaiya ^b   Bamm, Vladimir V ^a   Yaish, Mahmoud W ^a,b,c   Moffatt, Barbara A ^b   Dutcher, John R ^a   Harauz, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

CD spectroscopy; Cold tolerance; Dehydrins; FTIR spectroscopy; Induced folding; Intrinsically disordered protein (IDP); Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA)

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; CLONING; DROUGHT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

CD SPECTROSCOPY; COLD TOLERANCE; DEHYDRINS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCED FOLDING; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS; LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

DEHYDRIN; DHN1 PROTEIN; DHN2 PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CANADA; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHLOROPLAST; CLONE; COLD; CYTOSOL; DROUGHT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLASMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; SOIL; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THELLUNGIELLA SALSUGINEA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; THELLUNGIELLA SALSUGINEA;

EID: 78649301049     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O10-026     Document Type: Article

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