Functional dissection of a mercuric ion transporter, MerC, from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1394-1402

  Sasaki, Yoshito ^a   Minakawa, Takahiro ^a   Miyazaki, Atushi ^a   Silver, Simon ^b   Kusano, Tomonobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Inorganic mercury; MerC; Topology; Transporter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MERCURY (METAL); MONOMERS; PROTEINS; TOPOLOGY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROXIDANS; INORGANIC MERCURY; MERC; TRANSPORTER;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; MERC PROTEIN, ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; MERCURY; MERCURY (II) REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTIDINE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MERCURY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23944434504     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.1394     Document Type: Article

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