The crystal structure of the substrate-binding protein OpuBC from Bacillus subtilis in complex with choline

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 411, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-67

  Pittelkow, Marco ^a   Tschapek, Britta ^b   Smits, Sander H J ^b   Schmitt, Lutz ^b   Bremer, Erhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABC transporters; choline; compatible solutes; glycine betaine synthesis; substrate binding proteins

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ALANINE; BETAINE; BINDING PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN OPUBC; CHOLINE; GLUTAMINE; HYDROXYL GROUP; OPUB; OPUC; TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM SALT DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING AFFINITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FLUORESCENCE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79960698795     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.05.037     Document Type: Article

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