The structure and function of HPr

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 359-367

  Waygood, E Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

HPr; NMR; Phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system; Phosphohistidine; Phosphoserine

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; GUANIDINE; HISTIDINE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOSERINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SERINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLI BACILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032453554     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o98-043     Document Type: Review

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