Osmolality, temperature, and membrane lipid composition modulate the activity of betaine transporter BetP in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 7485-7496

  Özcan, Nuran ^a   Ejsing, Christer S ^b   Shevchenko, Andrej ^b   Lipski, Andrej ^c   Morbach, Susanne ^a   Krämer, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; BETAINE TRANSPORTER BETP; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL STRESS; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DYNAMICS; ION MONITORING; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIPLE PRECURSOR ION SCANNING; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; POTASSIUM CELL LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 35048859429     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00986-07     Document Type: Article

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