High-resolution structure of the histidine-containing phosphocarrier protein (HPr) from Staphylococcus aureus and characterization of its interaction with the bifunctional HPr kinase/phosphorylase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 5906-5918

  Maurer, Till ^a,c   Meier, Sebastian ^a,d   Kachel, Norman ^a   Munte, Claudia Elisabeth ^a,e   Hasenbein, Sonja ^b   Koch, Brigitte ^b   Hengstenberg, Wolfgang ^b   Kalbitzer, Hans Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c B Ingelheim Pharma GmbH/Co KG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CARBON; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARRIER PROTEIN; HISTIDINE CONTAINING PHOSPHOCARRIER PROTEIN; HPR KINASE PHOSPHORYLASE; HYDROXYL GROUP; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORYLASE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; HYDROGEN BOND; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 4344634292     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.17.5906-5918.2004     Document Type: Article

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