Conformational heterogeneity of the aspartate transporter Glt Ph

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-214

  Hänelt, Inga ^a   Wunnicke, Dorith ^b   Bordignon, Enrica ^c   Steinhoff, Heinz Jürgen ^b   Slotboom, Dirk Jan ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ION; PROTEOLIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LIPID MEMBRANE; MICELLE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, ACIDIC; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ASPARTIC ACID; BINDING SITES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; SODIUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII;

EID: 84873570870     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2471     Document Type: Article

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