How seryl-phosphorylated HPr inhibits PrfA, a transcription activator of Listeria monocytogenes virulence genes

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 224-234

  Herro, Rana ^a   Poncet, Sandrine ^a   Cossart, Pascale ^b   Buchrieser, Carmen ^c   Gouin, Edith ^b   Glaser, Philippe ^c   Deutscher, Josef ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Catabolite repression; HPr kinase phosphorylase; Listeria monocytogenes; Phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate phosphotransferase system

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; HISTIDINE 15; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN PSPAC; SERINE 46; SERINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PRFA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE REPRESSION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPORTER GENE; SUGAR TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (NITROGENOUS GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 30744462545     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089650     Document Type: Article

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