A hydrophobic patch in the competence-stimulating peptide, a pneumococcal competence pheromone, is essential for specificity and biological activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1744-1749

  Johnsborg, Ola ^a   Kristiansen, Per Eugen ^b   Blomqvist, Trinelise ^a   Håvarstein, Leiv Sigve ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPHOPHILE; COMD PROTEIN; COMD1 PROTEIN; COMD2 PROTEIN; COME PROTEIN; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE 1; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE 2; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33644747756     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.5.1744-1749.2006     Document Type: Article

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