Substrate Selectivity of the Melibiose Permease (MelY) from Enterobacter cloacae

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 376, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 681-693

  Tavoulari, Sotiria ^a   Frillingos, Stathis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Enterobacter cloacae; galactoside:H+ symport; melibiose permease; site directed alkylation; substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; LACTOSE; LACTOSE PERMEASE; MELIBIOSE; PERMEASE; PYRANOSIDE; VALINE;

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CHIMERA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 38649083426     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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