Conservation of structure and function among histidine-containing phosphotransfer (HPt) domains as revealed by the crystal structure of YPD1

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1039-1050

  Xu, Qingping ^a   West, Ann H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Histidine containing phosphotransfer (HPt) domain; Osmoregulation; Phosphorelay; Two component signal transduction; YPD1 crystal structure

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; HISTIDINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033536688     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3143     Document Type: Article

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