YjeH is a novel exporter of L-methionine and branched-chain amino acids in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 7753-7766

  Liu, Qian ^a,b   Liang, Yong ^b   Zhang, Yun ^b   Shang, Xiuling ^b   Liu, Shuwen ^b   Wen, Jifu ^b,c   Wen, Tingyi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANES; CHAINS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS; FERMENTATIVE PRODUCTION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE LOCALIZATION; OVEREXPRESSION STRAIN; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; BIOMANIPULATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; TOLERANCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; METHIONINE; YJEH PROTEIN, E COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHIONINE;

EID: 84946061051     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02242-15     Document Type: Article

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