Ligand-controlled proteolysis of the Escherichia coli transcriptional regulator ZntR

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3017-3025

  Pruteanu, Mihaela ^a   Neher, Saskia B ^a,b   Baker, Tania A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL DNA; ENDOPEPTIDASE LA; LIGAND; PROTEASE CLPXP; PROTEIN ZNTA; PROTEIN ZNTR; PROTEINASE; PROTEOME; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL LEVEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMEOSTASIS; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZINC METABOLISM; ZNTA GENE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROTEASE LA; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34247844506     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01531-06     Document Type: Article

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