A structural model for the osmosensor, transporter, and osmoregulator ProP of Escherichia coli

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5634-5646

  Wood, Janet M ^a   Culham, Doreen E ^a   Hillar, Alexander ^b,c   Vernikovska, Yaroslava I ^b,c   Liu, Feng ^b,c   Boggs, Joan M ^b,c   Keates, Robert A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSENSORS; CELL MEMBRANES; CONFORMATIONS; OSMOSIS; PURIFICATION;

MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY (MFS); MEMBRANE TOPOLOGY; OSMOLYTES; OSMOSENSORY MECHANISM; PROTEOLIPOSOMES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PROP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON TRANSPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; LAC OPERON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SYMPORTERS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 17144398849     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi047383o     Document Type: Article

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