A novel mode of control of Mycoplasma pneumoniae HPr kinase/phosphatase activity reflects its parasitic lifestyle

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3277-3284

  Steinhauer, Katrin ^a   Jepp, Tanja ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^a   Stülke, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catabolite repression; Mutagenesis; Phosphorylation; Walker A box

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; CARBON METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GLYCOLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036773364     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-10-3277     Document Type: Article

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