Lactose permease H+-lactose symporter: Mechanical switch or Brownian ratchet?

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3474-3491

  Naftalin, Richard J ^a   Green, Nicholas ^b   Cunningham, Philip ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; COTRANSPORTER; DOCKING PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LACTOSE PERMEASE; LYSINE; MELIBIOSE; PROTON;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER MODEL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYTOSOL; ELECTRIC FIELD; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 34248194465     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.100669     Document Type: Article

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