Topology of AspT, the aspartate:alanine antiporter of Tetragenococcus halophilus, determined by site-directed fluorescence labeling

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 7089-7097

  Nanatani, Kei ^a   Fujiki, Takashi ^a   Kanou, Kazuhiko ^b   Takeda Shitaka, Mayuko ^b   Umeyama, Hideaki ^b   Ye, Liwen ^c   Wang, Xicheng ^c   Nakajima, Tasuku ^a   Uchida, Takafumi ^a   Maloney, Peter C ^c   Abe, Keietsu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

[2 (TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM)ETHYL]METHANETHIOSULFONATE BROMIDE; ALANINE; ANTIPORTER; ARGININE; ASPARTATE BETA DECARBOXYLASE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLYASE; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; MALEIMIDE; PROTEIN ASPT; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DECARBOXYLATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHILICITY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TETRAGENOCOCCUS HALOPHILUS;

ALANINE; ANTIPORTERS; ASPARTIC ACID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LACTOBACILLACEAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; TETRAGENOCOCCUS HALOPHILUS;

EID: 34948849760     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00088-07     Document Type: Article

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