The Tp38 (TpMg1B-2) Lipoprotein Binds Glucose in a Manner Consistent with Receptor Function in Treponema pallidum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2303-2308

  Deka, Ranjit K ^a   Goldberg, Martin S ^a   Hagman, Kayla E ^a   Norgard, Michael V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; CARBON; CHAPERONIN; DNA; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCORECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; LEVO GLUCOSE; LIPOPROTEIN; MANNOSE; RIBOSE; TRYPTOPHAN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; CHEMISTRY; CHEMORECEPTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

CHEMORECEPTORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 1842454798     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.8.2303-2308.2004     Document Type: Article

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