Crystal structure of Mdm12 reveals the architecture and dynamic organization of the ERMES complex

EMBO Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1857-1871

  Jeong, Hanbin ^a,b   Park, Jumi ^a,b   Lee, Changwook ^a,b,c  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

crystal structure; ERMES complex; Mdm12; phospholipid binding; SMP domain

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM MITOCHONDRIA ENCOUNTER STRUCTURE COMPLEX; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; MDM10 PROTEIN; MDM12 PROTEIN; MDM34 PROTEIN; MMM1 PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MDM12 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; CHEMISTRY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR MODEL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN DOMAINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 84999028771     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embr.201642706     Document Type: Article

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