Conformational behaviour of the TraM headpiece.
The structure of the headpiece of the TraM protein was investigated in different solvents. The very first 22 amino acids which alternate in their hydrophilic and hydrophobic character formed a helical structure in the presence of a membrane mimetic. In water alone the structure was flexible with a small amount of helicity according to circular dichroism measurements, whereas a loop structure was observed in dimethyl sulphoxide.
Plugariu
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Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria.
Stockner
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T
Moskau
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D
Koraimann
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G
Högenauer
G
G
Sterk
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H
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C074281:TraM protein, bacterial