The fructose transporter of Bacillus subtilis encoded by the lev operon: Backbone assignment and secondary structure of the IIB(Lev) subunit

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 306-314

  Seip, Stephan ^a   Lanz, Regina ^b   Gutknecht, Regula ^b   Flükiger, Karin ^b   Erni, Bernhard ^b  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Heteronuclear NMR; Phophoglyceromutase; Phosphoprotein; Phosphotransferase system

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FRUCTOSE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031019307     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.0306a.x     Document Type: Article

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