Comparative NMR analysis of an 80-residue G protein-coupled receptor fragment in two membrane mimetic environments

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1808, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2674-2684

  Cohen, L S ^a,b   Arshava, B ^a   Neumoin, A ^c   Becker, J M ^d   Guntert P ^e,f   Zerbe, O ^c   Naider, F ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^f TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fragment; GPCR; Membrane protein structure; Transmembrane

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PROTEIN STE2P; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPIN LABELING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICELLES; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; WATER;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 81155159787     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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