Functional role of conserved residues in the characteristics secretion NTPase motifs of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilus motor proteins PilB, PilT and PilU

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-126

  Chiang, Poney ^a   Sampaleanu, Liliana M ^b   Ayers, Melissa ^c   Pahuta, Markian ^a   Howell, P Lynne ^a,b   Burrows, Lori L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ASPARTIC ACID; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; PILB PROTEIN; PILT PROTEIN; PILU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEOSIDE-TRIPHOSPHATASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 38849174766     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/011320-0     Document Type: Article

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