Phosphoprotein P(II) from cyanobacteria - Analysis of functional conservation with the P(II) signal-transduction protein from Escherichia coli

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 869-875

  Forchhammer, Karl ^a   Hedler, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; GlnB; Nitrogen assimilation; Nitrogen regulation; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; PIID REGULATORY PROTEIN, BACTERIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030615317     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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