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Lactose permease: a carrier on the move

1983; Elsevier BV; Volume: 8; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0968-0004(83)90305-5

1362-4326

Peter Overath, J. Keith Wright,

Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Lactose permease is a highly hydrophobic protein of the cytoplasmic membrane of E. coli which mediates the active transport of galactosides in response to an electrochemical proton gradient. The recent isolation of the protein in actve form makes this system an attractive model for studies on the molecular mechanism of a solute: H+ symporter.