Intracellular segment between transmembrane helices S0 and S1 of BK channel α subunit contains two amphipathic helices connected by a flexible loop

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 437, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 408-412

  Shi, Pan ^a,b   Li, Dong ^a   Lai, Chaohua ^a   Zhang, Longhua ^a   Tian, Changlin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Backbone assignment; BK channel; Intracellular segment; Secondary structure; Solution NMR; Titration

Indexed keywords

LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; HETERONUCLEAR NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TITRIMETRY;

BACKBONE ASSIGNMENT; BK CHANNEL; INTRACELLULAR SEGMENT; SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SOLUTION NMR; TITRATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MICELLES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84880950055     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.06.091     Document Type: Article

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