2001
Polar residues drive association of polyleucine transmembrane helices
Zhou F, Merianos H, Brunger A, Engelman D. Polar residues drive association of polyleucine transmembrane helices. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2001, 98: 2250-2255. PMID: 11226225, PMCID: PMC30124, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.041593698.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolar residuesPolyleucine sequenceHelix associationTransmembrane helix associationInterhelical hydrogen bondingTransmembrane protein functionTransmembrane helicesForm homoProtein functionTransmembrane proteinDrive associationMembrane proteinsDetergent micellesAsparagine residuesGeneral structural featuresBiological membranesResiduesOligomerization specificityProteinSequenceHelixStructural flexibilitySuch interactionsStructural featuresHeterooligomers
1992
Truncated staphylococcal nuclease is compact but disordered.
Flanagan J, Kataoka M, Shortle D, Engelman D. Truncated staphylococcal nuclease is compact but disordered. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1992, 89: 748-752. PMID: 1731350, PMCID: PMC48316, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.2.748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplete folding pathwayWild-type levelsCarboxyl-terminal deletionsSecondary structural featuresNative-like conformationPersistent secondary structureProtein foldsCarboxyl terminusFolding pathwaysPolypeptide chainSecondary structureAmino acidsStaphylococcal nucleaseSmall-angle X-rayNuclear magnetic resonanceCircular dichroismPhysiological conditionsNucleasePotent inhibitorDeletionSolvent exclusionMolecules resultsStructural featuresPresence of calciumRibosomes