Role of GxxxG Motifs in Transmembrane Domain Interactions

Biochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 5125-5135

  Teese, Mark G ^a   Langosch, Dieter ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; MEMBRANES;

INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS; INTERACTION STRENGTH; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NONCOVALENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN DIMERIZATION; TRANS-MEMBRANE DOMAINS; TRANSMEMBRANES;

PROTEINS;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84939600856     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00495     Document Type: Article

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