Sequence and conformational preferences at termini of α-helices in membrane proteins: Role of the helix environment

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3420-3436

  Shelar, Ashish ^a   Bansal, Manju ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Helix capping; Helix termini; Membrane protein folding; Membrane protein modeling; Protein design; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROTENSIN RECEPTOR; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; LIPID BILAYER;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY;

RATTUS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, PROTEIN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84937604553     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24696     Document Type: Article

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