A frequent, GxxxG-mediated, transmembrane association motif is optimized for the formation of interhelical Cα-H hydrogen bonds

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Mueller, Benjamin K ^a   Subramaniam, Sabareesh ^a   Senes, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Interaction motifs; Protein prediction

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GLYCOPHORIN A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYDROGEN BOND; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

INTERACTION MOTIFS; PROTEIN PREDICTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CARBON; HYDROGEN BONDING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84896269533     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1319944111     Document Type: Article

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