Lactose permease as a paradigm for membrane transport proteins

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 227-236

  Abramson, Jeff ^a   Iwata, So ^a   Kaback, H Ronald ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternating accessibility; Membrane protein structure; Proton translocation; Sugar binding site; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; COTRANSPORTER; LACTOSE PERMEASE; LACTOSE PROTON SYMPORTER; OXALATE FORMATE ANTIPORTER; PHOSPHORUS GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ANTIPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTONS;

EID: 4444328639     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687680410001716862     Document Type: Review

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