Identification of the essential histidine residue for high-affinity binding of AlbA protein to albicidin antibiotics

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 451-457

  Weng, Li Xing ^a   Xu, Jin Ling ^a   Li, Qi ^a   Birch, Robert G ^b   Zhang, Lian Hui ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALBICIDIN DERIVATIVE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIETHYL PYROCARBONATE; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; LEUCINE; PLANT TOXIN; PROTEIN ALBA; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; HISTIDINE; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037292572     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.25942-0     Document Type: Review

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