Crystal structure of a bacterial homologue of Na+/Cl --dependent neurotransmitter transporters

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7056, 2005, Pages 215-223

  Yamashita, Atsuko ^a   Singh, Satinder K ^a   Kawate, Toshimitsu ^a   Jin, Yan ^a   Gouaux, Eric ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; BACTERIA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISEASES; HELICAL ANTENNAS; NEUROLOGY; PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL HOMOLOGY; BIOGENIC AMINES; ION BINDING; MEMBRANE BILAYERS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

LEUCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION; WATER; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLORIDE; SODIUM;

BIOLOGY;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIPOLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHLORIDES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LEUCINE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SODIUM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WATER;

EID: 24644470065     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03978     Document Type: Article

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