Modeling of the major gas vesicle protein, GvpA: From protein sequence to vesicle wall structure

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-28

  Ezzeldin, Hussein M ^a   Klauda, Jeffery B ^a   Solares, Santiago D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Gas vesicles; GvpA; Halobacteria; Structure prediction

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GVPA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BETA SHEET; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; HALOBACTERIALES; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIUM SP. NRC-1; TOLYPOTHRIX SP. PCC 7601;

EID: 84862247606     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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