Title : Electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions of the intermediate filament protein vimentin and its amino terminus with lipid bilayers.

Pub. Date : 1987 Oct 5

PMID : 3308882






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1 Whereas the presence of acidic phospholipids in the lipid vesicles was absolutely essential for efficient vimentin labeling, cholesterol played a synergistic role in this reaction. Phospholipids vimentin Homo sapiens
2 Furthermore, circular dichroism studies performed on the isolated N terminus of vimentin revealed a significant increase in the alpha-helical content of the polypeptide upon its interaction with vesicles containing negatively charged phospholipids. Phospholipids vimentin Homo sapiens