The phosphotransferase system (PTS) of Streptomyces coelicolor: Identification and biochemical analysis of a histidine phosphocarrier protein HPr encoded by the gene ptsH

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 308-317

  Parche, Stephan ^b   Schmid, Roland ^b   Titgemeyer, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

HPr; Phosphotransferase system; Protein phosphorylation; Streptomyces; Sugar transport

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN HPR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (NITROGENOUS GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOMYCES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES AUREUS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 0346690417     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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