Rhizobium leguminosarum has a second general amino acid permease with unusually broad substrate specificity and high similarity to branched-chain amino acid transporters (Bra/LIV) of the ABC family

Authors :: Hosie, A.H.F.
Allaway, D.
Galloway, C.S.
Dunsby, H.A.
Poole, P.S.
Source :: Journal of Bacteriology. August, 2002, Vol. 184 Issue 15-16, p4071, 10 p.
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: Research reveals that the branched-chain amino acid permease from Rhizobium leguminosarum transports polar amino acids, gamma-aminobutyric acid, hydrophobic-, and neutral amino acids, suggesting that it functions as a global amino acid transporter.

Subjects :: Biological transport -- Physiological aspects
Microbial enzymes -- Physiological aspects
Structure-activity relationships (Biochemistry) -- Analysis
Amino acids -- Physiological aspects
Biological sciences

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