Conserved cytoplasmic loops are important for both the transport and chemotaxis functions of PcaK, a protein from Pseudomonas putida with 12 membrane-spanning regions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 5068-5074

  Ditty, Jayna L ^a   Harwood, Caroline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; LACTOSE PERMEASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHIONINE; PROTEIN PCAK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0032864202     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.5068-5074.1999     Document Type: Article

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