A novel outer-membrane anion channel (porin) as part of a putatively two-component transport for 4-toluenesulphonate in Comamonas testosteroni T-2

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 383, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-99

  Mampel, Jörg ^a,c   Maier, Elke ^b   Tralau, Tewes ^a,d   Ruff, Jürgen ^a   Benz, Roland ^b   Cook, Alasdair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 Toluenesulphonate uptake; Bacterial transport; Comamonas testosteroni; Inner membrane component; Porin component

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGATIVE IONS; OXIDATION; PROTEINS;

ANION CHANNEL; OXYGENATION; SECONDARY TRANSPORT SYSTEM;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

4 TOLUENESULFONATE; ANION CHANNEL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PORIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TOLUENESULFONAMIDE DERIVATIVE; TOLUENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TSA PROTEIN; TSAR PROTEIN; TSAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI T 2; COMPARTMENT MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION CONDUCTANCE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OUTER MEMBRANE; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TSAS GENE;

BENZENESULFONATES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PORINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 6344284496     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20040652     Document Type: Article

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