The leader peptides from bacteriorhodopsin and halorhodopsin are potential membrane‐spanning amphipathic helices
- 23 March 1987
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 213 (2), 238-240
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(87)81497-7
Abstract
We show that the N‐terminal leader peptides from the bacterial membrane proteins bacteriorhodopsin and halorhodopsin can be expected to form amphipathic α‐helices with a highly hydrophobic nonpolar face and a narrow, negatively charged polar face. This finding is discussed in terms of a model for the integration of these proteins into the bacterial membrane.Keywords
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