Cysteine scanning mutagenesis of TM5 reveals conformational changes in OxlT, the oxalate transporter of Oxalobacter formigenes

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5709-5717

  Wang, Xicheng ^a   Ye, Liwen ^a   McKinney, Caleb C ^a   Feng, Mingye ^a   Maloney, Peter C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONFORMATIONS; GENES; MUTAGENESIS;

CYSTEINE SCANNING MUTAGENESIS; OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES;

PROTEINS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXALIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYSTEINE; KINETICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES;

EID: 44349092071     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi8001314     Document Type: Article

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