GlnK, a P(II)-homologue: Structure reveals ATP binding site and indicates how the T-loops may be involved in molecular recognition

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 282, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-165

  Xu, Yibin ^a   Cheah, Eong ^a   Carr, Paul D ^a   Van Heeswijk, Wally C ^c   Westerhoff, Hans V ^c   Vasudevan, Subhash G ^b   Ollis, David L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ATP binding motif; GlnK; P(II); Signal transduction protein; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; ANION; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLNK PROTEIN, AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; PIID REGULATORY PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032508415     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1979     Document Type: Article

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