Functional analysis of the GAF domain of NifA in Azospirillum brasilense: Effects of Tyr → Phe mutations on NifA and its interaction with GlnB

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 273, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 415-422

  Chen, Sanfeng ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Zhou, Xiaoyu ^a   Elmerich, Claudine ^b   Li, Ji Lun ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; GlnB; NifA; Site directed mutagenesis; Yeast two hybrid analysis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCINE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN GAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NIF A; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HYBRID CELL; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; NITROGENASE; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; TYROSINE;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE;

EID: 21544471853     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-005-1146-5     Document Type: Article

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