title: Membrane topology model of Escherichia coli alpha-ketoglutarate permease by phoA fusion analysis.
abstract: Escherichia coli alpha-ketoglutarate permease (KgtP) is a 432-amino-acid protein that symports alpha-ketoglutarate and protons. KgtP was predicted to contain 12 membrane-spanning domains on the basis of a calculated hydropathy profile. The membrane topology model of KgtP was analyzed by using kgtP-phoA gene fusions and measuring alkaline phosphatase activities in cells expressing the chimeric proteins. Comparisons of the phosphatase activity levels and the locations of the KgtP-PhoA junctions are consistent with the predicted membrane topology model of KgtP.
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5638.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Seol
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Shatkin
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D029382:Dicarboxylic Acid Transporters; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029382:Dicarboxylic Acid Transporters; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C068628:KgtP protein, E coli; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase