New type of osmoregulated solute transporter identified in halophilic members of the Bacteria domain: TRAP transporter TeaABC mediates uptake of ectoine and hydroxyectoine in Halomonas elongata DSM 2581T

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3078-3085

  Grammann, Katrin ^a   Volke, Angela ^a   Kunte, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; ECTOINE; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROXYECTOINE; PROTEIN TEAA; PROTEIN TEAB; PROTEIN TEAC; PROTEIN TRAP T; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HALOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOLUTE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HALOMONAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS ELONGATA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036094875     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.11.3078-3085.2002     Document Type: Article

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