The FadL family: Unusual transporters for unusual substrates

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 401-407

  Van Den Berg, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DETERGENT; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; PROTEIN FADL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23044513554     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.06.003     Document Type: Review

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