8k16

Structural highlights

Function

KTRA_BACSU Catalytic subunit of the KtrAB potassium uptake transporter. The 2 major potassium transporter complexes KtrAB and KtrCD confer resistance to both suddenly imposed and prolonged osmotic stress.^[1]

References

1. ↑ Holtmann G, Bakker EP, Uozumi N, Bremer E. KtrAB and KtrCD: two K+ uptake systems in Bacillus subtilis and their role in adaptation to hypertonicity. J Bacteriol. 2003 Feb;185(4):1289-98. PMID:12562800