title: Cloning and expression of the gene for the Na+-coupled serine transporter from Escherichia coli and characteristics of the transporter.
abstract: We cloned a gene (sstT) for the Na+/serine symporter from the chromosome of Escherichia coli by using a low-copy-number vector and sequenced it. According to the deduced amino acid sequence, the transporter (SstT) consists of 414 amino acid residues. Hydropathy analysis suggested that the SstT protein possesses 9, instead of 12, hydrophobic domains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizushima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
mesh_terms: D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems; D026923:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Basic; D026921:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral; D001692:Biological Transport; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems; D026923:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Basic; D026921:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C489859:SstT protein, E coli; D012694:Serine; D014364:Tryptophan; D012964:Sodium