Structure and Mechanism of the Lactose Permease of Escherichia coli

J Abramson, I Smirnova, V Kasho, G Verner… - Science, 2003 - science.org
… We report the crystal structure at 3.5 angstroms of the Escherichia coli lactose permease,
an … helices, symmetrically positioned within the permease. A large internal hydrophilic cavity …

[HTML][HTML] The lactose permease of Escherichia coli: overall structure, the sugar-binding site and the alternating access model for transport

J Abramson, I Smirnova, V Kasho, G Verner, S Iwata… - FEBS letters, 2003 - Elsevier
… Recently, the X-ray structure of the Escherichia coli lactose permease (LacY), an intensively
studied member of a large group of related membrane transport proteins, was solved at 3.5 Å…

Unraveling the mechanism of the lactose permease of Escherichia coli

M Sahin-Toth, A Karlin… - Proceedings of the …, 2000 - National Acad Sciences
We studied the effect of pH on ligand binding in wild-type lactose permease or mutants in the
four residues—Glu-269, Arg-302, His-322, and Glu-325—that are the key participants in H …

[32] Purification, reconstitution, and characterization of the lac permease of Escherichia coli

P Viitanen, MJ Newman, DL Foster, TH Wilson… - Methods in …, 1986 - Elsevier
… in the cytoplasmic membrane required for lactose/H + symport. 11,12 … lac permease from
membrane to molecule in a fully functional state. As an overview, membranes from a strain of E

lac permease of Escherichia coli: topology and sequence elements promoting membrane insertion.

J Calamia, C Manoil - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 1990 - National Acad Sciences
… needed in unfused lac permease after insertion for stable association with the membrane. …
of the biogenesis of Escherichia coli lac permease. lac permease has been the subject of …

The substrate-binding site in the lactose permease of Escherichia coli

P Venkatesan, HR Kaback - Proceedings of the National …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
… The lactose permease (lac permease) of Escherichia coli is … The lacY gene that encodes
the permease has been cloned … All available evidence indicates that the permease consists of …

Lac permease of Escherichia coli: on the path of the proton

HR Kaback - … Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 1990 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Lactose/H + symport in Escherichia coli is catalysed by a … -acid sequence of this ‘ lac
permease suggest a secondary … the structure and function of the permease. Application of the …

Properties and purification of an active biotinylated lactose permease from Escherichia coli.

TG Consler, BL Persson, H Jung… - Proceedings of the …, 1993 - National Acad Sciences
… Both biotinylated permeases bind selectively to immobilized … The lactose permease of
Escherichia coli is a polytopic … of the approach to lactose permease. Preliminary reports on …

The lactose permease of Escherichia coli: past, present and future

HR Kaback - Handbook of biological physics, 1996 - Elsevier
… The lac permease of Escherichia coli is providing a … The lacY gene that encodes the permease
is cloned and … by analyzing a large number of lac permease-alkaline phosphatase (lacY-…

β-Galactoside transport in E. coli: a functional dissection of lac permease

HR Kaback, E Bibi, PD Roepe - Trends in biochemical sciences, 1990 - cell.com
… a concentration gradient in Escherichia coli is dependent on the lactose (lac) permease, a …
H+) is interior-negative and alkaline, lac permease utilizes free energy released from downhill …