Signal transduction to the Azotobacter vinelandii NIFL-NIFA regulatory system is influenced directly by interaction with 2-oxoglutarate and the PII regulatory protein

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 6041-6050

  Little, Richard ^a   Reyes Ramirez, Francisca ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Van Heeswijk, Wally C ^b,c   Dixon, Ray ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen regulation; PII regulatory proteins; Signal transduction; Uridylylation

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; NITROGEN; PROTEIN NIFA; PROTEIN NIFL; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PROTEIN PII; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034669188     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.22.6041     Document Type: Article

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