Transmembrane helix 12 of the Staphylococcus aureus multidrug transporter QacA lines the bivalent cationic drug binding pocket

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 9131-9135

  Hassan, Karl A ^a   Skurray, Ronald A ^a   Brown, Melissa H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT CATION; GLYCOPROTEIN P; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG BINDING SITE; ENZYME BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 37449027379     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01492-07     Document Type: Article

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