TROSY-NMR studies of the 91 kDa TRAP protein reveal allosteric control of a gene regulatory protein by ligand-altered flexibility

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 323, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 463-473

  McElroy, Craig ^a   Manfredo, Amanda ^b   Wendt, Alice ^b   Gollnick, Paul ^b   Foster, Mark ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostery; Dynamics; TRAP; TROSY; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN RNA BINDING ATTENUATION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACILLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0036416144     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00940-3     Document Type: Article

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