Glycerol-3-phosphate transporter of Escherichia coli: Structure, function and regulation

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 623-629

  Lemieux, M Joanne ^a   Huang, Yafei ^a   Wang, Da Neng ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Glycerol 3 phosphate metabolism; Glycerol 3 phosphate transporter; Membrane protein structure; Membrane transport mechanism; Secondary active membrane transporter

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; FOSFOMYCIN; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN GLPT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GLYCOLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPOGENESIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 4544231184     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2004.05.016     Document Type: Short Survey

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