Mutations altering the N-terminal receiver domain of NRI (NtrC) that prevent dephosphorylation by the NRII-PII complex in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 5730-5740

  Pioszak, Augen A ^a   Ninfa, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NRI; PROTEIN NRII; PROTEIN PII; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4344589438     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.17.5730-5740.2004     Document Type: Article

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