Substrate specificity and signal transduction pathways in the glucose- specific enzyme II (EII(Glc)) component of the Escherichia coli phosphotransferase system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4437-4442

  Notley McRobb, Lucinda ^a   Ferenci, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYLGLUCOSIDE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSAMINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033907234     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.16.4437-4442.2000     Document Type: Article

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