title: KtrAB, a new type of bacterial K(+)-uptake system from Vibrio alginolyticus.
abstract: Vibrio alginolyticus contained two adjacent genes, ktrA and ktrB, which encode a new type of bacterial K(+)-uptake system. KtrA and KtrB are peripheral and integral membrane proteins, respectively. Six of the nine sequenced bacterial genomes contain homologs to both ktrA and ktrB, suggesting that KtrAB is widespread.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Japan. tnakha@p.chiba-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Unemoto
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Bakker
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D007700:Kinetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*; D014733:Vibrio / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011188:Potassium