Molecular and structural basis of glutathione import in Gram-positive bacteria via GshT and the cystine ABC importer TcyBC of Streptococcus mutans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 288-303

  Vergauwen, Bjorn ^a   Verstraete, Kenneth ^a   Senadheera, Dilani B ^b   Dansercoer, Ann ^a   Cvitkovitch, Dennis G ^b   Guédon, Eric ^c   Savvides, Savvas N ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BINDING PROTEIN; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLYCINE; PROTEIN GSHT; PROTEIN TCYBC; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYSTINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84880136182     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12274     Document Type: Article

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