Three-dimensional structure of the bacterial multidrug transporter EmrE shows it is an asymmetric homodimer

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6175-6181

  Ubarretxena Belandia, Iban ^a   Baldwin, Joyce M ^a   Schuldiner, Shimon ^b   Tate, Christopher G ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Electron crystallography; Membrane protein; Multidrug; Structure

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GLYCOPROTEIN P; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN EMRE; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANTIPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0346874401     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg611     Document Type: Article

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