Direct observation of electrogenic NH4+ transport in ammonium transport (Amt) proteins

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 27, 2014, Pages 9995-10000

  Wacker, Tobias ^a   Garcia Celma, Juan J ^b,c   Lewe, Philipp ^a   Andrade, Susana L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM TRANSPORT PROTEIN; AMMONIUM TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; AMMONIUM TRANSPORT PROTEIN 3; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; IMMOBILIZED PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; PROTEOLIPOSOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CATION TRANSPORT; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; FORCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURNOVER TIME;

AMMONIUM TRANSPORT PROTEINS; AMT/RH FAMILY; CATION TRANSPORT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; CARRIER PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION TRANSPORT;

EID: 84903974073     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1406409111     Document Type: Article

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