Identification of the Dimer Interface of the Lactose Transport Protein from Streptococcus thermophilus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 332, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1165-1174

  Geertsma, Eric R ^a   Duurkens, Ria H ^a   Poolman, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cysteine cross linking; Dimer interface; Functional dimer; Membrane transport protein; Quaternary structure

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GALACTOSIDE; LACTOSE; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTON;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CROSS LINKING; DIMERIZATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RANDOMIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0041885135     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.07.010     Document Type: Article

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