Structure of the entire cytoplasmic portion of a sensor histidine-kinase protein

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 4247-4259

  Marina, Alberto ^a,b   Waldburger, Carey D ^a,c   Hendrickson, Wayne A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; PhoQ; Phosphotransfer; Selenomethionyl MAD; Two component systems

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOPLASM; DIMERIZATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTIDINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 29244433095     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600886     Document Type: Article

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