Specificity in transmembrane helix–helix interactions can define a hierarchy of stability for sequence variants
Fleming K, Engelman D. Specificity in transmembrane helix–helix interactions can define a hierarchy of stability for sequence variants. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2001, 98: 14340-14344. PMID: 11724930, PMCID: PMC64683, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.251367498.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBinding SitesDimerizationDrug StabilityElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelGenetic VariationGlycophorinsHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMembrane ProteinsMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPoint MutationProtein FoldingProtein Structure, SecondaryRecombinant Fusion ProteinsThermodynamicsUltracentrifugationConceptsHelix-helix interactionsMembrane proteinsTransmembrane helix-helix interactionsSequence variantsHelical membrane proteinsTransmembrane helix dimerizationProtein-protein interactionsDifferent hydrophobic environmentsAlanine-scanning mutagenesisSedimentation equilibrium analytical ultracentrifugationEquilibrium analytical ultracentrifugationTransmembrane helicesHelix dimerizationGxxxG motifDimer interfaceNMR structureDimer stabilityAnalytical ultracentrifugationHydrophobic environmentProteinMutationsSequence dependenceEnergetic principlesHierarchy of stabilityMutagenesis