Threonine phosphorylation of modulator protein RsbR governs its ability to regulate a serine kinase in the environmental stress signaling pathway of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-39

  Gaidenko, Tatiana A ^a   Yang, Xiaofeng ^a   Lee, Young Moo ^a   Price, Chester W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Covalent modification; Environmental signaling phosphorylation; Signal transduction; Stress response

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; THREONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033597177     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2665     Document Type: Article

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