Functional regulation of the opposing (p)ppGpp synthetase/hydrolase activities of RelMtb from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 29, 2005, Pages 9913-9923

  Avarbock, Andrew ^a   Avarbock, David ^a   Teh, Jiah Shin ^a   Buckstein, Michael ^a   Wang, Zhi Mei ^a   Rubin, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; DISEASES; HYDROLYSIS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BASAL ACTIVITIES; FUNCTIONAL REGULATION; HYDROLYTIC ACTIVITY; MONOMER STATE;

PROTEINS;

ALANINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HISTIDINE; MONOMER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME REGULATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROLYSIS; LIGASES; MAGNESIUM; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PYROPHOSPHATASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 22744459778     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0505316     Document Type: Article

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