Proximity of transmembrane segments 5 and 8 of the glutamate transporter GLT-1 inferred from paired cysteine mutagenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Xiuping ^a   Qu, Shaogang ^b  

^a GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE COPPER; CYSTEINE; GLIAL GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN 7; TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79959264951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021288     Document Type: Article

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