Regulative interactions of the osmosensing C-terminal domain in the trimeric glycine betaine transporter BetP from Corynebacterium glutamicum

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 390, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 685-691

  Krämer, Reinhard ^a   Ziegler, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anionic lipids; Glycine betaine; Lipid protein interaction; Molecular switch; Osmotic stress regulation; Structure; Transport; Trimer

Indexed keywords

BETP PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ELECTRON; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 69249212915     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2009.068     Document Type: Short Survey

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