Exploring the structure and function of Thermotoga maritimaCorA reveals the mechanism of gating and ion selectivity in Co2+/Mg2+ transport

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 451, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 365-374

  Nordin, Nurhuda ^a   Guskov, Albert ^a   Phua, Terri ^a   Sahaf, Newsha ^a   Xia, Yu ^a   Lu, Siyan ^a   Eshaghi, Hojjat ^a   Eshaghi, Said ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Channel; Co2+ transport; Gating mechanism; Membrane protein; Metal ion homoeostasis; Mg2+ transport

Indexed keywords

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; COBALT; CORA PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATION TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROTATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COBALT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

CORA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 84876234527     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20121745     Document Type: Article

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