Conformational changes induced by phosphorylation of the FixJ receiver domain

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1505-1515

  Birck, Catherine ^a   Mourey, Lionel ^a   Gouet, Patrice ^a   Fabry, Béatrice ^a   Schumacher, Jörg ^b   Rousseau, Philippe ^b   Kahn, Daniel ^b   Samama, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fixation regulation; Phosphorylation; Response regulator; Signaling surface; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0033573063     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)88341-0     Document Type: Article

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