Structure of the formate transporter FocA reveals a pentameric aquaporin-like channel

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7272, 2009, Pages 467-472

  Wang, Yi ^a   Huang, Yongjian ^a   Wang, Jiawei ^a   Cheng, Chao ^a   Huang, Weijiao ^a   Lu, Peilong ^a   Xu, Ya Nan ^b   Wang, Pengye ^b   Yan, Nieng ^a   Shi, Yigong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN FOCA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FECAL COLIFORM; MEMBRANE; NITRITE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AQUAPORINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FORMIC ACIDS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WATER;

ALGAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 70849106457     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08610     Document Type: Article

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