GLUT, SGLT, and SWEET: Structural and mechanistic investigations of the glucose transporters

Protein Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 546-558

  Deng, Dong ^a   Yan, Nieng ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

alternating access; glucose transporter; GLUT; SGLT; structural biology; SWEET

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER; SWEET PROTEIN;

GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALS; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SODIUM-GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84958885311     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2858     Document Type: Review

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