Confronting Fusion Protein-Based Membrane Protein Topology Mapping with Reality: The Escherichia coli ClcA H+/Cl- Exchange Transporter

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 381, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 860-866

  Cassel, Marika ^a   Seppälä, Susanna ^a   von Heijne, Gunnar ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ClcA; fusion protein; membrane protein; protein structure; topology

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROGEN CHLORIDE EXCHANGE TRANSPORTER CLC A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 48449088847     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.06.039     Document Type: Article

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