Roles of conserved nucleotide-binding domains in accessory proteins, HypB and UreG, in the maturation of nickel-enzymes required for efficient Helicobacter pylori colonization

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 229-234

  Mehta, Nalini ^a   Benoit, Stéphane ^a   Maier, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GTP hydrolyzing activity; Helicobacter pylori; Hydrogenase; Nucleotide binding domain; Site directed mutagenesis; Urease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROGENASE; ISOENZYME; LYSINE; NICKEL; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HYPB; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN UREG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROLYSIS; MATURATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0141681866     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0882-4010(03)00151-7     Document Type: Article

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