Substitution F569S converts UapA, a specific uric acid-xanthine transporter, into a broad specificity transporter for purine-related solutes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 313, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 765-774

  Amillis, Sotiris ^a   Koukaki, Marina ^a   Diallinas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Altered specificity; Aspergillus nidulans; Nucleobase; Second site suppressor; Transport

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ADENOSINE; ASCORBIC ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE; HYPOXANTHINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; PROTEIN UAPA; PURINE; TIOGUANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL; URIC ACID XANTHINE TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BINDING AFFINITY; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS;

EID: 0035798405     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5087     Document Type: Article

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