Structural differences between thermophilic and mesophilic membrane proteins

Protein Science

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1746-1753

  Meruelo, Alejandro D ^a   Han, Seong Kyu ^b   Kim, Sanguk ^b   Bowie, James U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Burial; Folding; Hydrogen bonds; Kink; Packing; Polar amino acids; Stability; Structure; Transmembrane helix

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MESOPHILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMOPHILE;

AMINO ACIDS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOMICS; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84867664688     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2157     Document Type: Article

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