An investigation of cysteine mutants on the cytoplasmic loop X/XI in the melibiose transporter of Escherichia coli by using thiol reagents: Implication of structural conservation of charged residues

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 307, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 864-869

  Ding, Ping Z ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge rescue on loop; Melibiose transporter cytoplasmic loop X XI; Thiol reagent modification

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; MELIBIOSE; REAGENT; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0038105510     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01290-7     Document Type: Article

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