Polar/Ionizable Residues in Transmembrane Segments: Effects on Helix-Helix Packing

The vast majority of membrane proteins are anchored to biological membranes through hydrophobic α-helices. Sequence analysis of high-resolution membrane protein structures show that ionizable amino acid residues are present in transmembrane (TM) helices, often with a functional and/or structural rol...

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Main Authors: Bañó-Polo, Manuel, Baeza-Delgado, Carlos, Orzáez, Mar, Marti-Renom, Marc A., Abad, Concepción, Mingarro, Ismael
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3440369/