Rigidity of the Subunit Interfaces of the Trimeric Glutamate Transporter GltT During Translocation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 372, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 565-570

  Groeneveld, Maarten ^a   Slotboom, Dirk Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

glutamate transport; membrane protein; oligomeric state; subunit interaction; transport mechanism

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; DISULFIDE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RIGIDITY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548148634     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.06.067     Document Type: Article

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