Structural evidence for functional lipid interactions in the betaine transporter BetP

EMBO Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 3096-3105

  Koshy, Caroline ^a   Schweikhard, Eva S ^a   Gärtner, Rebecca M ^a   Perez, Camilo ^a   Yildiz, Özkan ^a   Ziegler, Christine ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic structure; lipid protein interaction; osmotic stress; secondary transport; transport regulation

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; PALMITOYLOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PROTEIN BETP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETAINE; BETP PROTEIN, CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84888870794     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2013.226     Document Type: Article

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