Projection structure and oligomeric state of the osmoregulated sodium/glycine betaine symporter BetP of Corynebacterium glutamicum

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 337, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1137-1147

  Ziegler, C ^a   Morbach, S ^b   Schiller, D ^b   Kramer R ^b   Tziatzios, C ^c   Schubert, D ^c   Kuhlbrandt W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BCCT, betaine carnitine choline; BetP; DDM, D dodecyl maltopyranoside; Electron crystallography; MFS, major facilitator superfamily; MPD, 2 methyl 2,4 pentanediol; Oligomerisation; Osmoregulation; Osmosensing; TM, transmembrane

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; COTRANSPORTER; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN BETP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOLIPOSOME; SOLUBILIZATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1842418729     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.02.026     Document Type: Article

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