Ternary complex formation between AmtB, GlnZ and the nitrogenase regulatory enzyme DraG reveals a novel facet of nitrogen regulation in bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1523-1535

  Huergo, Luciano F ^a   Merrick, Mike ^b   Pedrosa, Fábio O ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a   Araujo, Luíza M ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; AMTB PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRAG PROTEIN; GLNB PROTEIN; GLNZ PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM; MONOMER; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; ENZYME REGULATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 36549065101     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06016.x     Document Type: Article

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