Characterization of the N-terminal domain of NrtC, the ATP-binding subunit of ABC-type nitrate transporter of the cyanobacterium Phormidium laminosum

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1623, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 143-153

  Nagore, Daniel ^a,b   Llarena, Marta ^a   Llama, María J ^a   Serra, Juan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Nitrate transport; NrtC; Nucleotide binding; Phormidium laminosum; TNP ATP

Indexed keywords

2'(3') O (2,4,6 TRINITROPHENYL)ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN NRTC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NITRATE UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHORMIDIUM; PHORMIDIUM LAMINOSUM;

EID: 0142231383     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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