The structural basis of modularity in ECF-type ABC transporters

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 755-760

  Erkens, Guus B ^a,b   Berntsson, Ronnie P A ^a,b   Fulyani, Faizah ^a,b   Majsnerowska, Maria ^a,b   Vujiĉić Žagar, Andreja ^a,b   Ter Beek, Josy ^a,b   Poolman, Bert ^a,b   Slotboom, Dirk Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ALANINE; ENERGY COUPLING FACTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN THIT; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THIAMINE;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79960053262     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2073     Document Type: Article

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