Translocator Protein 18 kDa (TSPO): An Old Protein with New Functions?

Biochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 2821-2831

  Li, Fei ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Liu, Nan ^a,b,c   Kuhn, Leslie A ^a,b   Garavito, R Michael ^a   Ferguson Miller, Shelagh ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CELL DEATH; DIAGNOSIS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ATOMIC RESOLUTION STRUCTURES; CONSERVED PROTEINS; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; LIGHT CONDITIONS; METASTATIC CANCERS; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIUM RHODOBACTER; POTENTIAL FUNCTION;

PROTEINS;

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE; PROTOPORPHYRIN; TRANSLOCATOR PROTEIN 18 KDA; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; TSPO PROTEIN, HUMAN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BREATHING; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHODOBACTER; STEROIDOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RHODOBACTER; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84979031920     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00142     Document Type: Article

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