BglF, the sensor of the E.coli bgl system, uses the same site to phosphorylate both a sugar and a regulatory protein

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 4617-4627

  Chen, Qing ^a   Arents, Jos C ^b   Bader, Rechien ^b   Postma, Pieter W ^b   Amster Choder, Orna ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

glucosides; Bgl system; Phosphorylation sites; Protein phosphorylation; PTS

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; GLUCOSIDE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUCOSIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030829511     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.15.4617     Document Type: Article

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