Biophysical and kinetic characterization of HemAT, an aerotaxis receptor from Bacillus subtilis

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2801-2814

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Olson, John S ^a   Phillips Jr , George N ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROTAXIS RECEPTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIMER; HEMAT PROTEIN; HEMOPROTEIN; HYDROXYL GROUP; IRON COMPLEX; LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OXYGEN; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; BIOPHYSICS; BIOSENSOR; CONCENTRATION GRADIENT; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; HYPOXIA; KINETICS; LIGAND BINDING; NEGATIVE COOPERATIVITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENSOR DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 22144452831     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.047936     Document Type: Article

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