The N5-glutamine S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase PrmC/HemK in Chlamydia trachomatis methylates class 1 release factors

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 507-511

  Pannekoek, Yvonne ^a   Heurgué Hamard, Valérie ^b   Langerak, Ankie A J ^a   Speijer, Dave ^a   Buckingham, Richard H ^b   Van Der Ende, Arie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; METHYLATE CLASS 1 RELEASING FACTOR; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN PRMC; RELEASING FACTOR; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT GENE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 11844261550     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.2.507-511.2005     Document Type: Article

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