Key structural arrangements at the C-terminus domain of CETP suggest a potential mechanism for lipid-transfer activity

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-27

  García González, Victor ^a   Gutiérrez Quintanar, Nadia ^a   Mendoza Espinosa, Paola ^a   Brocos, Pilar ^b   Piñeiro, Ángel ^b   Mas Oliva, Jaime ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

C terminus domain; CETP; Lipid micelles; Lipid ordering; Secondary structure transitions

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CETP PROTEIN, HUMAN; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; MICELLE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIPID TRANSPORT; MICELLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEINS; HUMANS; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MICELLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84898601859     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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