Splice-specific glycine receptor binding, folding, and phosphorylation of the scaffolding protein gephyrin

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 12645-12656

  Herweg, Jens ^a   Schwarz, Guenter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; C-DOMAIN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; HEXAMERS; INHIBITORY SITES; INSECT CELLS; MULTIMERIC; N-TERMINALS; PARTIAL PROTEOLYSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION SITES; SCAFFOLDING PROTEINS; SPLICE VARIANTS;

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OLIGOMERIZATION; OLIGOMERS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

GEPHYRIN; GEPHYRIN C3; GEPHYRIN C4; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECT CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SPODOPTERA; SYNAPSES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84859760208     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.341826     Document Type: Article

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