An essential sensor histidine kinase controlled by transmembrane helix interactions with its auxiliary proteins

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5891-5896

  Szurmant, Hendrik ^a   Bu, Lintao ^a   Brooks III, Charles L ^a   Hoch, James A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Replica exchange molecular dynamics simulation; Signal transduction; YycG; YycH; YycI

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE YYCH; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE YYCL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 44449149782     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800247105     Document Type: Article

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