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FhuA,E. coliの外膜受容体との複合体におけるTonBの構造

Peter D Pawelek1, Nathalie Croteau, Christopher Ng-Thow-Hing

  • 1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4, Canada.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 3, 2006
PubMed
まとめ

TonBタンパク質は,グラム陰性細菌のFhuA受容体と相互作用し, siderophore輸送の構造的詳細を明らかにします. この相互作用は,細胞封筒全体で栄養素の吸収に不可欠です.

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