Substrate-dependent unfolding of the energy coupling motif of a membrane transport protein determined by double electron-electron resonance

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 36, 2006, Pages 10847-10854

  Xu, Qi ^a   Ellena, Jeffrey F ^a   Kim, Miyeon ^a   Cafiso, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUBSTRATES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VITAMINS;

DOUBLE ELECTRON ELECTRON RESONANCE (DEER); GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITROXIDE; PROTEIN BTUB; PROTEIN TONB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DOUBLE ELECTRON ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MAGNETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PERIPLASM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPIN LABELS; VITAMIN B 12;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33748509727     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi061051x     Document Type: Article

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