Structure and function of the glucose PTS transporter from Escherichia coli

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-403

  Jeckelmann, Jean Marc ^a   Harder, Daniel ^a   Mari, Stefania A ^b   Meury, Marcel ^a   Ucurum, Zöhre ^a   Müller, Daniel J ^b   Erni, Bernhard ^a   Fotiadis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Membrane protein; Projection structure; Scintillation proximity assay; Transmission electron microscopy; Two dimensional crystal

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; MUTANT POLYTOPIC MEMBRANE DOMAIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WILD TYPE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80455160064     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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