Structure and function of transmembrane segment XII in osmosensor and osmoprotectant transporter ProP of Escherichia coli

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 5647-5655

  Liu, Feng ^a,b,d   Culham, Doreen E ^c   Vernikovska, Yaroslava I ^a,b   Keates, Robert A B ^c   Boggs, Joan M ^a,b   Wood, Janet M ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASMIC TERMINI; ESCHERICHIA COLI TRANSPORTER PROP; OREGON GREEN MALEIMIDE (OGM);

CELLS; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; OSMOSIS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

BIOSENSORS;

CYSTEINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PROP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYSTEINE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SYMPORTERS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34248584513     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi062198r     Document Type: Article

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