The three-dimensional structure of the nitrogen regulatory protein IIA(Ntr) from Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 245-255

  Bordo, Domenico ^a,b   Van Monfort, Rob L M ^a   Pijning, Tjaard ^a   Kalk, Kor H ^a   Reizer, Jonathan ^c   Saier Jr , Milton H ^c   Dijkstra, Bauke W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Biostructure UnitAdvanced B   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

IIA enzyme; Nitrogen metabolism; Phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system; Sigma 54; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRUCTOSE; HISTIDINE; MANNITOL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032577382     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1753     Document Type: Article

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