GlnK effects complex formation between NifA and NifL in Klebsiella pneumoniae

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3379-3388

  Stips, Jessica ^a   Thummer, Robert ^a   Neumann, Melanie ^a   Schmitz, Ruth A ^a,b  

^a Inst fuer Mikrobiologie und Genetik   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

GlnK; Klebsiella pneumoniae; NifA; NifL; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN GLNK; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NIFA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NIFL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISSOCIATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 4344695224     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04272.x     Document Type: Article

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