Spontaneous subunit exchange and biochemical evidence for trans-autophosphorylation in a dimer of Escherichia coli histidine kinase (EnvZ)

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 329, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 495-503

  Cai, Sheng Jian ^a   Inouye, Masayori ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disulfide cross linking; Histidine kinase; Osmoregulation; Signal transduction; Subunit exchange

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DIMER; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BINDING SITE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037954135     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00446-7     Document Type: Article

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