The structure of an energy-coupling protein from bacteria, IIb(cellobiose), reveals similarity to eukaryotic protein tyrosine phosphatases

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-225

  Van Montfort, Rob L M ^a   Pijning, Tjaard ^a   Kalk, Kor H ^a   Reizer, Jonathan ^b   Saier Jr , Milton H ^b   Thunnissen, Marjolein M G M ^c   Robillard, George T ^a   Dijkstra, Bauke W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

carbohydrate transport; cysteine phosphorylation; IIB enzymes; PTS; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031568849     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00180-9     Document Type: Article

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