Protein Domain : Integral membrane protein TerC IPR005496

Type	Family
Description	A family containing a number of integral membrane proteins is named after TerC protein. TerC has been implicated in resistance to tellurium, and may be involved in efflux of tellurium ions. The tellurite-resistant Escherichia coli strain KL53 was found during testing of a group of clinical isolates for antibiotic and heavy metal ion resistance [ ]. The determinant of the strain's tellurite resistance was located on a large conjugative plasmid, and analyses showed the genes terB, terC, terD and terE were essential for conservation of this resistance. Members of this family contain a number of conserved aspartates which may be involved in metal ion binding.A TerC homologue is known from the chloroplast thylakoid membrane from Arabidopsiswhich is important for thylakoid membrane biogenesis in the developing chloroplast [ ]; it is required for insertion of proteins into the thylakoid membrane [].
Short Name	Integral_membrane_TerC