Microbial Transport Systems

Preface. List of Authors. Color Plates. Families of Transporters: A Phylogenetic Overview. Energy--Transducing Ion Pumps in Bacteria: Structure and Function of ATP Synthases. Sodium/Substrate Transport. Prokaryotic Binding Protein--Dependent ABC Transporters. Glucose Transport by the Bacterial Phosphotransferase System (PTS): An Interface Between Energy-- and Signal Transduction. Peptide Transport. Protein Export and Secretion in Gram--Negative Bacteria. Bacterial Channel Forming Protein Toxins. Porins -- Structure and Function. Aquaporins. Structures of Siderophore Receptors. Mechanism of Bacterial Iron Transport. Bacterial Zinc Transport. Bacterial Genes Controlling Manganese Accumulation. The Unusual Nature of Magnesium Transporters. Bacterial Copper Transport. Microbial Arsenite and Antimonite Transporters. Microbial Nickel Transport. Mitochondria Copper Ion Transport. Iron and Manganese Transporters in Yeast. Siderophore Transport in Fungi. Index.