A transporter of Escherichia coli specific for L- and D-methionine is the prototype for a new family within the ABC superfamily

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-100

  Zhang, Zhongge ^a   Feige, Jérôme N ^a   Chang, Abraham B ^a   Anderson, Iain J ^b   Brodianski, Vadim M ^c   Vitreschak, Alexei G ^d   Gelfand, Mikhail S ^e   Saier Jr , Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Integrated Genomics   (United States)

^c Integrated Genomics   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^e STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

ATP binding cassette; E. coli; MetD; Methionine; Transport

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; METHIONINE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; PERMEASE; PROTEIN METD; PROTEIN METJ; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0041657693     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0561-4     Document Type: Article

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