The proline permease of Aspergillus nidulans: Functional replacement of the native cysteine residues and properties of a cysteine-less transporter

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 615-626

  Kafasla, Panagiota ^a   Bouzarelou, Demetra ^a   Frillingos, Stathis ^b   Sophianopoulou, Vicky ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Cys less transporter; Proline permease

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; BIOTIN; CYSTEINE; PROLINE DERIVATIVE; PROLINE PERMEASE; PROLINE TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN TAG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; AMINO ACIDS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYSTEINE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; PROLINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 34249336007     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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