Structure and dynamics of cationic membrane peptides and proteins: Insights from solid-state NMR

Protein Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 641-655

  Hong, Mei ^a   Su, Yongchao ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Cell penetrating peptides; Dynamics; Membrane protein; Solid state NMR; Structure; Topology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; GUANIDINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEGRIN 1; TACHYPLESIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

BETA SHEET; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONFORMATION; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CATIONS; CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 79953186604     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.600     Document Type: Review

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