Sökning: "Gunnar von Heijne"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 22 avhandlingar innehållade orden Gunnar von Heijne.
1. Sequence-based predictions of membrane-protein topology, homology and insertion
Sammanfattning : Membrane proteins comprise around 20-30% of a typical proteome and play crucial roles in a wide variety of biochemical pathways. Apart from their general biological significance, membrane proteins are of particular interest to the pharmaceutical industry, being targets for more than half of all available drugs. LÄS MER
2. Protein Interactions from the Molecular to the Domain Level
Sammanfattning : The basic unit of life is the cell, from single-cell bacteria to the largest creatures on the planet. All cells have DNA, which contains the blueprint for proteins. This information is transported in the form of messenger RNA from the genome to ribosomes where proteins are produced. LÄS MER
3. Integration and topology of membrane proteins
Sammanfattning : Membrane proteins comprise around 20-30% of most proteomes. They play important roles in most biochemical pathways. All receptors and ion channels are membrane proteins, which make them attractive targets for drug design. Membrane proteins insert and fold co-translationally into the endoplasmic reticular membrane of eukaryotic cells. LÄS MER
4. Translocation of proteins into and across the bacterial and mitochondrial inner membranes
Sammanfattning : Translocons are dynamic protein complexes with the ability to respond to specific signals and to transport polypeptides between two distinct environments. The Sec-type translocons are examples of such machineries that can interconvert between a pore forming conformation that translocates proteins across the membrane, and a channel-like conformation that integrates proteins into the membrane by lateral opening. LÄS MER
5. Studies on the Conformation of Transmembrane Polypeptides in Membrane Proteins
Sammanfattning : The major aim of the studies that this thesis is based on has been to better define the topological determinants of the formation of so-called helical hairpins during membrane protein assembly in the ER membrane.The helical hairpin is a basic folding unit in membrane proteins. LÄS MER