Plant High-Affinity Potassium (HKT) Transporters Involved in Salinity Tolerance: Structural insights to Probe Differences in ion Selectivity

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 7660-7680

  Waters, Shane ^a   Gilliham, Matthew ^a   Hrmova, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cation exclusion; Protein structure and function; Selectivity filter and pore; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; HIGH AFFINITY POTASSIUM TRANSPORTER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIGH AFFINITY POTASSIUM TRANSPORTER GENE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT RESPONSE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SALT TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SALINITY;

ION TRANSPORT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SALINITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84876329480     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms14047660     Document Type: Review

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