A structural and functional analysis of type III periplasmic and substrate binding proteins: Their role in bacterial siderophore and heme transport

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 392, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 39-52

  Chu, Byron C H ^a   Vogel, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

dynamics; Escherichia coli; FecB; FepB; FhuD; heme; iron transport; siderophore

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; ENTEROCHELIN; FERRICHROME; HEME; HYDROXAMIC ACID; IRON; MANGANESE; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; ZINC;

ALPHA HELIX; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; HEME; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIDEROPHORES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 78651359481     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2011.012     Document Type: Review

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