Sequence-dependent backbone dynamics of a viral fusogen transmembrane helix

Protein Science

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1097-1102

  Stelzer, Walter ^a   Langosch, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fusion protein; Fusogen; GxxxG; Helix backbone dynamics; Hydrogen deuterium exchange; Membrane fusion; Vesicular stomatitis virus G protein

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS G PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEUTERIUM HYDROGEN EXCHANGE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; VESICULAR STOMATITIS; VESICULOVIRUS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 84862585837     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2094     Document Type: Article

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