Crystal structures of the DNA-binding domain of Escherichia coli proline utilization A flavoprotein and analysis of the role of Lys9 in DNA recognition

Protein Science

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2630-2641

  Larson, John D ^a   Jenkins, Jermaine L ^b   Schuermann, Jonathan P ^a   Zhou, Yuzhen ^c   Becker, Donald F ^c   Tanner, John J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Multifunctional PutA; Proline utilization A; Ribbon helix helix DNA binding domain; Transcriptional repressor; X ray crystal structure

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLAVOPROTEIN; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROLINE UTILIZATION A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROLINE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33751088044     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.062425706     Document Type: Article

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