Acid-induced loss of functional properties of bacterial cell division protein FtsZ: Evidence for an alternative conformation at acidic pH

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 177-188

  Santra, Manas K ^a   Panda, Dulal ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

FtsZ assembly dynamics; GTP binding; GTP hydrolysis; Intermediate; Lifetime; Molten globule state; Productive aggregates; Unfolding of FtsZ

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING AFFINITY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; UREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33847411950     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21178     Document Type: Article

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