A conserved residue, PomB-F22, in the transmembrane segment of the flagellar stator complex, has a critical role in conducting ions and generating torque

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2422-2432

  Terauchi, Takashi ^a   Terashima, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Kojima, Seiji ^a   Homma, Michio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHENAMIL; POMB F22 PROTEIN; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE MUTATION; HYDROPHILICITY; ION CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOTILITY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM TRANSPORT; TORQUE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FLAGELLA; IONS; LOCOMOTION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79961088498     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.048488-0     Document Type: Article

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