Proton-dependent gating and proton uptake by Wzx support o-antigen-subunit Antiport across the bacterial inner membrane

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Islam, Salim T ^a   Eckford, Paul D W ^b,c   Jones, Michelle L ^a   Nugent, Timothy ^d   Bear, Christine E ^b,c   Vogel, Christian ^e   Lam, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; PROTEOLIPOSOME; PROTON; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZX PROTEIN;

ACIDIFICATION; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CELL PH; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; O ANTIGENS; PROTONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84887168855     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00678-13     Document Type: Article

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