Functional analysis of human RhCG: Comparison with E. coli ammonium transporter reveals similarities in the pore and differences in the vestibule

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Zidi Yahiaoui, Nedjma ^a,b   Callebaut, Isabelle ^c   Genetet, Sandrine ^a,b   Le Van Kim, Caroline ^a,b   Cartron, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Colin, Yves ^a,b   Ripoche, Pierre ^a,b   Mouro Chanteloup, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonia channel; Ammonium transport; HEK cells; Rhesus family, pH variations

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLYCOPROTEIN; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE GHOST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION TRANSPORT; KIDNEY CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL LINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 70349260169     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00137.2009     Document Type: Article

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