The cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporter BicA: Its physiological role and the implications of structural similarities with human SLC26 transporters

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-188

  Price, G Dean ^a   Howitt, Susan M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BicA; Bicarbonate transporter; SLC26; SulP; Topology

Indexed keywords

ANION TRANSPORT; BICA; BICARBONATE TRANSPORTER; CELLULAR FUNCTION; CO2-CONCENTRATING MECHANISM; DIVERSE RANGE; MEMBRANE TOPOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; REPORTER SYSTEMS; SLC26; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY; SULP; SULPHATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; SODIUM;

TOPOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BICARBONATE; BICARBONATE SODIUM COTRANSPORTER; BICARBONATE TRANSPORTER BICA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CHLOROPHYLL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN SCL26; SULTR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATING MECHANISM; CROP PRODUCTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FRUIT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; RICE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VEGETABLE; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BICARBONATES; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CYANOBACTERIA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SYNDROME;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79953753172     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O10-136     Document Type: Review

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