Analysis of tryptophan residues in the staphylococcal multidrug transporter QacA reveals long-distance functional associations of residues on opposite sides of the membrane

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2441-2449

  Hassan, Karl A ^a   Souhani, Talal ^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

ALANINE; GLYCOPROTEIN P; MULTIDRUG TRANSPORTER QACA; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLORHEXIDINE; DEQUALINIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ETHIDIUM; FLUORESCEINS; INDOLES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PENTAMIDINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PYRONINE; RHODAMINES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 41549133136     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01864-07     Document Type: Article

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