Purification and characterization of the bifunctional uridylyltransferase and the signal transducing proteins GlnB and GlnK from Herbaspirillum seropedicae

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 293-299

  Bonatto, Ana C ^a   Couto, Gustavo H ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Araújo, Luiza M ^a   Pedrosa, Fabio O ^a   Noindorf, Lilian ^a   Benelli, Elaine M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GlnB; GlnD; GlnK; Herbaspirillum seropedicae; Uridylylation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEXOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; PIID REGULATORY PROTEIN, BACTERIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; HERBASPIRILLUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HERBASPIRILLUM; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UDPGLUCOSE-HEXOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; POACEAE;

EID: 34548444161     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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