Crystal structure of Yersinia enterocolitica type III secretion chaperone SycT

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1993-2002

  Büttner, Carina R ^a   Cornelis, Guy R ^b   Heinz, Dirk W ^a   Niemann, Hartmut H ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Effector; SycT; Type III secretion; Yersinia; YopT

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; PROTEIN SYCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN T;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BAY REGION BINDING SITE; BETA SHEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DIMERIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

MAMMALIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 23644461387     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051474605     Document Type: Article

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