Specific Binding of Cholesterol to C99 Domain of Amyloid Precursor Protein Depends Critically on Charge State of Protein

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 3535-3541

  Panahi, Afra ^a   Bandara, Asanga ^a   Pantelopulos, George A ^a   Dominguez, Laura ^b   Straub, John E ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL SHIFT; CYTOLOGY; GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEINS;

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEINS; BINARY COMPLEXES; C-TERMINAL FRAGMENTS; HIGH CHOLESTEROLS; MEMBRANE-MIMETIC ENVIRONMENTS; NMR CHEMICAL SHIFTS; SENSITIVE FUNCTIONS; SPECIFIC BINDING;

CHOLESTEROL;

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 84987924576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01624     Document Type: Article

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