The properties and contribution of the Corynebacterium glutamicum MscS variant to fine-tuning of osmotic adaptation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1798, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2141-2149

  Börngen, Kirsten ^a   Battle, Andrew R ^d   Möker, Nina ^a   Morbach, Susanne ^a   Marin, Kay ^a   Martinac, Boris ^b,c   Krämer, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Betaine; Corynebacterium; Efflux; Mechanosensitive channel; Osmoregulation; Uptake

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETAINE; PROTEIN MSCCG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; HYPOOSMOTIC STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROPLAST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ION CHANNELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78650640720     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.06.022     Document Type: Article

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