Interactions between PII proteins and the nitrogenase regulatory enzymes DraT and DraG in Azospirillum brasilense

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5232-5236

  Huergo, Luciano F ^a,b   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Pedrosa, Fábio O ^a   Steffens, Maria B R ^a   Merrick, Mike ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADP ribosylation; DraG; DraT; Nitrogenase; PII protein

Indexed keywords

DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE ADP RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE GLYCOHYDROLASE; ENZYME; GLNB PROTEIN; GLNZ PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; DRATG PROTEIN, BACTERIA; GLNZ PROTEIN, AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 33748804958     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.08.054     Document Type: Article

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