Oligomerization of polytopic α-helical membrane proteins: Causes and consequences

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 393, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1215-1230

  Cymer, Florian ^a   Schneider, Dirk ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

helical; Channel; Function; GPCR; Membrane protein; Structure

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMMONIA; AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CARNITINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CONNEXIN 26; DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE; GALACTOSE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCINE; GLYCOPHORIN A; LEUCINE; LEUKOTRIENE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.1; PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE 1; RHODOPSIN; UREA; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ZINC;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; ZEBRA FISH;

HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84869394927     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2012-0231     Document Type: Review

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