Structure of the redox sensor domain of Azotobacter vinelandii NifL at atomic resolution: Signaling, dimerization, and mechanism

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3614-3623

  Key, Jason ^a,e   Hefti, Marco ^d   Purcell, Erin B ^a   Moffat, Keith ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOTOBACTER; REDOX SENSOR; TRANSDUCTION;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; MONOMERS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BACTERIA;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MONOMER; NIFL PROTEIN; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BETA SHEET; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; GENE CONTROL; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN BONDING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 33947412138     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0620407     Document Type: Article

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