Bacteriorhodopsin in and out of Shape: Experimental Evidence in Favor of a Two-Stage Mechanism for Integral Membrane Protein Folding
Popot J, Engelman D. Bacteriorhodopsin in and out of Shape: Experimental Evidence in Favor of a Two-Stage Mechanism for Integral Membrane Protein Folding. Jerusalem Symposia 1988, 21: 381-398. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-3075-9_25.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntegral membrane proteinsMembrane proteinsHelical integral membrane proteinsIntegral membrane protein foldingIntegral membrane protein bacteriorhodopsinMembrane protein foldingTransmembrane α-helicesMembrane protein bacteriorhodopsinTransmembrane helicesProtein foldingRenaturation experimentsVesicle fusionExtensive rearrangementNative proteinPolypeptide chainΑ-helixSequence segmentsLipid vesiclesProtein bacteriorhodopsinProteolytic fragmentsProteinFoldingHelixLipid phaseBacteriorhodopsin