Substrate-induced transmembrane signaling in the cobalamin transporter BtuB

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 394-401

  Chimento, David P ^a   Mohanty, Arun K ^a   Kadner, Robert J ^a   Wiener, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BTUB PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; CARRIER PROTEIN; COBALAMIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TONB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITAMIN B 12;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0242670022     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb914     Document Type: Article

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