Effect of the compatible solute ectoine on the stability of the membrane proteins

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 791-794

  Roychoudhury, Arpita ^a   Häussinger, Dieter ^a   Oesterhelt, Filipp ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Compatible solutes; Ectoine; Force spectroscopy; Membrane proteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; ECTOINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DOWN REGULATION; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 84865355673     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986612801619570     Document Type: Article

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