The structure of the Escherichia coli phosphotransferase IIA(mannitol) reveals a novel fold with two conformations of the active site

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 377-388

  Van Montfort, Rob L M ^a   Pijning, Tjaard ^a   Kalk, Kor H ^a   Hangyi, Ilona ^a   Kouwijzer, Milou L C E ^a   Robillard, George T ^a   Dijkstra, Bauke W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate transport; Histidine phosphorylation; IIA domains; Multiple anomalous dispersion; PTS; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032521383     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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