Arg-52 in the melibiose carrier of Escherichia coli is important for cation-coupled sugar transport and participates in an intrahelical salt bridge

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 6377-6386

  Franco, Peter J ^a   Wilson, T Hastings ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATION; GLUTAMINE; LITHIUM ION; MELIBIOSE; SERINE; SODIUM ION; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVERTANT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032740145     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.20.6377-6386.1999     Document Type: Article

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