Identification of the binding interfaces on CheY for two of its targets, the phosphatase CheZ and the flagellar switch protein FliM

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1423-1433

  McEvoy, Megan M ^a   Bren, Anat ^b   Eisenbach, Michael ^b   Dahlquist, Frederick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; CheY; CheZ; FliM; Protein protein interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PHOSPHATASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033603635     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2830     Document Type: Article

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