GALA, Pore - Forming Peptide

Description:

GALA is a 30 amino acid synthetic peptide with a glutamic acid-alanine-leucine-alanine (EALA) repeat. It is used to study the importance of the helix length, hydrophobicity, and hydrophobic moment on the formation, structure, and function of ion channels.

Sequence:

WEAALAEALAEALAEHLAEALAEALEALAA

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Name	GALA, Pore - Forming Peptide
Category	Ion Channel Peptides
One Letter Code	WEAALAEALAEALAEHLAEALAEALEALAA
Three Letter Code	{Trp}{Glu}{Ala}{Ala}{Leu}{Ala}{Glu}{Ala}{Leu}{Ala}{Glu}{Ala}{Leu}{Ala}{Glu}{His}{Leu}{Ala}{Glu}{Ala}{Leu}{Ala}{Glu}{Ala}{Leu}{Glu}{Ala}{Leu}{Ala}{Ala}
Molecular Weight	3032.400
Application

Francois, N. et al. Biophys. J. 76, 2121 (1999),

Li, W. et al. Adv. Drug Del. Rev.56, 967 (2004).