Experimental conditions can obscure the second high-affinity site in LeuT

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-212

  Quick, Matthias ^a,b   Shi, Lei ^c   Zehnpfennig, Britta ^a   Weinstein, Harel ^c   Javitch, Jonathan A ^a,b  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRANSPORTER; DETERGENT; LEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTIFACTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DETERGENTS; LEUCINE; PLASMA MEMBRANE NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SODIUM;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS;

EID: 84856709995     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2197     Document Type: Article

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