Deletion of the proline-rich region of TonB disrupts formation of a 2:1 complex with FhuA, an outer membrane receptor of Escherichia coli

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1266-1273

  Khursigara, Cezar M ^a   De Crescenzo, Gregory ^a   Pawelek, Peter D ^a   Coulton, James W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Ferricrocin; FhuA; Surface plasmon resonance; TonB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC HYDROXAMATE UPTAKE PROTEIN COMPONENT A; FERRICHROME; IRON; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROLINE; PROTEIN TONB; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLINE RICH REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; PROLINE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 17744372268     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051342505     Document Type: Article

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