Connection of transport and sensing by UhpC, the sensor for external glucose-6-phosphate in Escherichia coli

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1450-1457

  Schwöppe, Christian ^a   Winkler, Herbert H ^b   Neuhaus, H Ekkehard ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Glucose 6 phosphate transport; Sensing; Signalling; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN UHPC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0344837749     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03507.x     Document Type: Article

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