Phospholipids Induce Conformational Changes of SecA to Form Membrane-Specific Domains: AFM Structures and Implication on Protein-Conducting Channels

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  You, Zhipeng ^a   Liao, Meijiang ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Yang, Hsiuchin ^a   Pan, Xijian ^b   Houghton, John E ^a   Sui, Sen fang ^b   Tai, Phang C ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN CONDUCTING CHANNEL; PROTEIN SECA; PROTEOLIPOSOME; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; SECA PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SOLUBILITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOLYSIS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84881574488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072560     Document Type: Article

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