BetP of Corynebacterium glutamicum, a transporter with three different functions: Betaine transport, osmosensing, and osmoregulation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1658, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 31-36

  Krämer, Reinhard ^a   Morbach, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Betaine; Corynebacterium glutamicum; Osmoregulation; Osmosensing; Osmostress; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETAINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; ECTOINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE EXPRESSION; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROLINE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 3543040704     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2004.05.006     Document Type: Review

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