A membrane-embedded glutamate is required for ligand binding to the multidrug transporter EmrE

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 234-240

  Muth, T R ^a   Schuldiner, S ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ion coupled transport; Membrane proteins; Multidrug resistance; Multidrug transporter

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOPROTEIN P; LIGAND; PROTEIN; PROTON; TETRAPHENYLPHOSPHONIUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGAND BINDING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIPORTERS; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONIUM COMPOUNDS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034677201     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.2.234     Document Type: Article

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