Functional Reconstitution of the Integral Membrane Enzyme, Isoprenylcysteine Carboxyl Methyltransferase, in Synthetic Bolalipid Membrane Vesicles†
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Functional reconstitution of the integral membrane enzyme, isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase, in synthetic bolalipid membrane vesicles.
Three bipolar archaeal-type diglycerophosphocholine tetraether lipids (also known as bolalipids) have been prepared to determine (1) the influence of molecular structure on the physical properties of bolalipid membranes and (2) their impact on the functional reconstitution of Ste14p, a membrane-associated isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Three bolalipi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemistry
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0006-2960,1520-4995
DOI: 10.1021/bi061159c