2001
High-Yield Synthesis and Purification of an α-Helical Transmembrane Domain
Fisher L, Engelman D. High-Yield Synthesis and Purification of an α-Helical Transmembrane Domain. Analytical Biochemistry 2001, 293: 102-108. PMID: 11373085, DOI: 10.1006/abio.2001.5122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPolar 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
2000
Interhelical hydrogen bonding drives strong interactions in membrane proteins
Xiao Zhou F, Cocco M, Russ W, Brunger A, Engelman D. Interhelical hydrogen bonding drives strong interactions in membrane proteins. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2000, 7: 154-160. PMID: 10655619, DOI: 10.1038/72430.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceAsparagineCell MembraneChloramphenicol O-AcetyltransferaseCircular DichroismDetergentsDimerizationDNA-Binding ProteinsElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelFungal ProteinsGlycophorinsHydrogen BondingLeucine ZippersMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMembrane ProteinsMicellesMicrococcal NucleaseMolecular Sequence DataPeptidesProtein ConformationProtein KinasesProtein Structure, SecondaryRecombinant ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsConceptsMembrane proteinsHelix associationTransmembrane α-helicesIntegral membrane proteinsInterhelical hydrogen bondingModel transmembrane helixTransmembrane helicesMembrane helicesGCN4 leucine zipperLeucine zipperPolar residuesSoluble proteinHydrophobic leucineΑ-helixBiological membranesProteinHelixNon-specific interactionsValine (HAV) sequenceMembraneZipperFoldingMotifAsparagineResidues
1994
A dimerization motif for transmembrane α–helices
Lemmon M, Treutlein H, Adams P, Brünger A, Engelman D. A dimerization motif for transmembrane α–helices. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 1994, 1: 157-163. PMID: 7656033, DOI: 10.1038/nsb0394-157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransmembrane α-helicesHydrophobic transmembrane α-helicesSpecific helix-helix interactionsΑ-helixIntegral membrane proteinsHelix-helix interactionsHelix-helix interfaceDimerization motifSpecific dimerizationMembrane proteinsHelix associationFunctional analysisAmino acidsSuch motifsLipid bilayersMotifParticular motifsFoldingDimerizationSuch interactionsComplex membranesProteinOligomerizationVariety of systemsInteraction