Negatively charged residues (Asp378 and Asp379) in the last ten amino acids of the C-terminal tail of Cx43 hemichannels are essential for loop/tail interactions

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 432, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 707-712

  D'hondt, Catheleyne ^a   Iyyathurai, Jegan ^a   Wang, Nan ^b   Gourdie, Robert G ^c   Himpens, Bernard ^a   Leybaert, Luc ^b   Bultynck, Geert ^a  

^a Department Cellular and Molecular Medicine   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP release; Ca2+ wave propagation; Connexin; Hemichannels; Peptides

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE 378; ASPARTATE 379; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 43; PROLINE; PROLINE 375; PROLINE 377; THROMBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ASPARAGINE; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CONNEXIN 43; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PROLINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THROMBIN;

EID: 84875503658     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.01.066     Document Type: Article

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