Evidence for an unusual transmembrane configuration of AGG3, a class C Gγ subunit of Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 388-398

  Wolfenstetter, Susanne ^a   Chakravorty, David ^b,c   Kula, Ryan ^a   Urano, Daisuke ^a   Trusov, Yuri ^b   Sheahan, Michael B ^d   McCurdy, David W ^d   Assmann, Sarah M ^c   Jones, Alan M ^a   Botella, José R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AGG3; Arabidopsis G subunit 3; Arabidopsis thaliana; heterotrimeric G protein; membrane topology; type II membrane protein

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANES; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOPOLOGY;

AGG3; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; HETEROTRIMERIC G PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TOPOLOGY;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

AGB1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; AGG3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GPA1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNITS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 84921603833     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12732     Document Type: Article

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