Ser/Thr motifs in transmembrane proteins: Conservation patterns and effects on local protein structure and dynamics

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 245, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 717-730

  Del Val, Coral ^a   White, Stephen H ^b   Bondar, Ana Nicoleta ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Molecular dynamics; Molecular transporters and receptors; Ser Thr motifs; Transmembrane proteins

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL GROUP; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SERINE; SOLVENT; THREONINE; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLVATION; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BONDING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SERINE; THREONINE;

EID: 84871272778     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: 14321424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-012-9452-4     Document Type: Article

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