C-TERMINAL AMINO-GROUPS FACILITATE MEMBRANE INCORPORATION OF GRAMICIDIN DERIVATIVES

Authors
JAIKARAN DCJ ZHANG ZH WOOLLEY GA
Citation
Dcj. Jaikaran et al., C-TERMINAL AMINO-GROUPS FACILITATE MEMBRANE INCORPORATION OF GRAMICIDIN DERIVATIVES, Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes, 1234(1), 1995, pp. 133-138
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biophysics
Journal title
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes → ACNP
ISSN journal
00052736
Volume
1234
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
133 - 138
Database
ISI
SICI code
0005-2736(1995)1234:1<133:CAFMIO>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Gramicidin derivatives with (positively-charged) C-terminal amino grou ps are found to incorporate readily and refold quickly when added to d ioleoylphosphatidylcholine lipid vesicles from concentrated methanol s olutions. Neutral and negatively-charged derivatives do not.