EmrE, a model for studying evolution and mechanism of ion-coupled transporters

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1794, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 748-762

  Schuldiner, Shimon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ion coupled transport; Membrane protein; Multidrug resistance; Oligomeric structure; Resistosome; SMR transporter; Topology

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DETERGENT; GLYCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PROTEIN EMRE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL GENE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EMRE GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SOLUBILIZATION;

ANTIPORTERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRYPTOPHAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 64649106418     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.12.018     Document Type: Review

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