High-yield expression, reconstitution and structure of the recombinant, fully functional glutamate transporter GLT-1 from Rattus norvegicus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 351, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 598-613

  Raunser, Stefan ^a   Haase, Winfried ^a   Bostina, Mihnea ^a   Parcej, David N ^a   Kühlbrandt, Werner ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Expression; Glutamate transporter; Glycosylation; Structure

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; HISTIDINE; LECTIN; LIPID; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRAIN BHK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS;

EID: 22544445550     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.06.036     Document Type: Article

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