Solution structure of apoptotic BAX oligomer: Oligomerization likely precedes membrane insertion

Structure

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1878-1888

  Sung, Tai Ching ^a   Li, Ching Yu ^a   Lai, Yei Chen ^a   Hung, Chien Lun ^a   Shih, Orion ^b   Yeh, Yi Qi ^b   Jeng, U Ser ^b   Chiang, Yun Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Double electron electron resonance; Spin label electron spin resonance

Indexed keywords

BIMBH3 PEPTIDE; DIMER; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN BAX; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84943581435     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: 18784186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2015.07.013     Document Type: Article

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