The crystal structure of YloQ, a circularly permuted GTPase essential for Bacillus subtilis viability

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 340, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 767-782

  Levdikov, Vladimir M ^a   Blagova, Elena V ^a   Brannigan, James A ^a   Cladière, Lionel ^b   Antson, Alfred A ^a   Isupov, Michail N ^c   Séror, Simone J ^b   Wilkinson, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; essential genes; GAP, GTPase activating protein; GEF, guanine nucleotide exchange factor; GTPase; MIRAS, multiple isomorphous replacement with anomalous scattering; TRAFAC, translation factor related; translation factor; YloQ

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYSTEINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HISTIDINE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN YLOQ; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 3042656987     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.05.029     Document Type: Article

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