A novel proline-rich motif present in ActA of Listeria monocytogenes and cytoskeletal proteins is the ligand for the EVH1 domain, a protein module present in the Ena/VASP family

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5433-5444

  Niebuhr, Kirsten ^a   Ebel, Frank ^b   Frank, Ronald ^a   Reinhard, Matthias ^c   Domann, Eugen ^b   Carl, Uwe D ^a   Walter, Ulrich ^c   Gertler, Frank B ^d   Wehland, Jürgen ^a   Chakraborty, Trinad ^a  

^a Abt Zellbiologie Immunol/AG M   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ena; EVH1 domain; Proline rich motif; VASP family; Vinculin; Zyxin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; PROFILIN; PROLINE; VINCULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETON; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METALLOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROLINE; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE DELETION; VINCULIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENA; EUKARYOTA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENA;

EID: 0030864520     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.17.5433     Document Type: Article

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