Roles of carboxyl groups in the transmembrane insertion of peptides

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 413, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 359-371

  Barrera, Francisco N ^a   Weerakkody, Dhammika ^b   Anderson, Michael ^b   Andreev, Oleg A ^b   Reshetnyak, Yana K ^b   Engelman, Donald M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

carboxyl titration; membrane protein folding; pH trigger; pHLIP; transmembrane helix

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; OLIGOMERIZATION; PEPTIDE MEMBRANE INSERTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

EID: 80054741747     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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