Ammonium Transport Proteins with Changes in One of the Conserved Pore Histidines Have Different Performance in Ammonia and Methylamine Conduction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Jinan ^a   Fulford, Tim ^b   Shao, Qiang ^a   Javelle, Arnaud ^b,c   Yang, Huaiyu ^a   Zhu, Weiliang ^a   Merrick, Mike ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM TRANSPORT PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE 168A; HISTIDINE 318A; METHYLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; METHYLAMINE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HISTIDINE; METHYLAMINES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 84877122767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062745     Document Type: Article

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