The AbgT family: A novel class of antimetabolite transporters

Protein Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 322-337

  Delmar, Jared A ^a   Yu, Edward W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AbgT family transporters; Alcanivorax borkumensis YdaH; antimetabolite transporters; membrane proteins; Neisseria gonorrhoeae MtrF; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS YDAH MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMETABOLITE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; FOLIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEISSERIA GONORRHEA MTRF MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ACCUMULATION ASSAY; ALCANIVORAX; ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84978081255     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2820     Document Type: Review

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