Formation of an antiparallel, intermolecular coiled coil is associated with in vivo dimerization of osmosensor and osmoprotectant transporter ProP in Escherichia coli

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 10170-10180

  Hillar, Alexander ^a,b   Culham, Doreen E ^c   Vernikovska, Yaroslava I ^a,b   Wood, Janet M ^c   Boggs, Joan M ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEINS;

GLYCINE BETAINE; OSMOPROTECTANTS; OSMOTIC ACTIVATION; PEPTIDE REPLICA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BETAINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DITHIOBIS(MALEIMIDOETHANE); MALEIMIDE DERIVATIVE; PROP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CROSS LINKING; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSMOLALITY; OSMOSIS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARGININE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYSTEINE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOLEUCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SYMPORTERS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23044451841     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi050774y     Document Type: Article

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