The salt-induced ABC transporter Ota of the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina mazei Gö1 is a glycine betaine transporter

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-49

  Schmidt, Silke ^a   Pflüger, Katharina ^b,c   Kögl, Stephanie ^c   Spanheimer, Regina ^a   Müller, Volker ^a,c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Glycine betaine; Methanogens; Osmoregulation; Ota; Transport

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABC TRANSPORTER OTA; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETAINE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; GLYCINE BETAINE TRANSPORTER; PROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC CODE; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SALINITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI GO1;

EID: 35748950107     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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