Converting a marginally hydrophobic soluble protein into a membrane protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-179

  Nørholm, Morten H H ^a   Cunningham, Fiona ^b,c   Deber, Charles M ^b,c   Von Heijne, Gunnar ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

membrane insertion; membrane proteins; protein folding; protein localization; transmembrane helix

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 BM3; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSLOCON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DELTA HELIX; DOG; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSOME MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79952004308     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.01.035     Document Type: Article

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