Protonation-mediated structural flexibility in the F conjugation regulatory protein, TraM

EMBO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2930-2939

  Lu, Jun ^a   Edwards, Ross A ^a   Wong, Joyce J W ^a   Manchak, Jan ^a   Scott, Paul G ^a   Frost, Laura S ^a   Glover, J N Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Crystal structure; F plasmid; Protonation; TraM

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTAMIC ACID; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLIABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33745518716     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601151     Document Type: Article

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