TonB of Escherichia coli activates FhuA through interaction with the β-barrel

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3497-3509

  Killman, Helmut ^a   Herrmann, Christina ^a   Torun, Ayse ^a   Jung, Günther ^a   Braun, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferrichome transport; Pantoea agglomerans; TonB peptides

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLICIN; FERRIC HYDROXAMATE UPTAKE PROTEIN COMPONENT A; FERRICHROME; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; GRISEIN; LIGAND; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MICROCIN B17; PROTEIN TONB; RIFAMYCIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; IRON TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS;

EID: 0036856331     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-11-3497     Document Type: Review

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