The Crystal Structure of UehA in Complex with Ectoine-A Comparison with Other TRAP-T Binding Proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-73

  Lecher, Justin ^a   Pittelkow, Marco ^b   Zobel, Silke ^a   Bursy, Jan ^b   Bönig, Tobias ^b   Smits, Sander H J ^a   Schmitt, Lutz ^a   Bremer, Erhard ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

compatible solutes; ectoine; periplasmic binding proteins; TRAP transporters

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYECTOINE; ABC TRANSPORTER; BINDING PROTEIN; ECTOINE; LIGAND; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPTAKE OF ECTOINE AND HYDROXYECTOINE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HALOMONAS; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SOLUTE;

HALOMONAS ELONGATA; SILICIBACTER POMEROYI DSS-3;

EID: 67349252340     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.03.077     Document Type: Article

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