NMR solution structure of ImB2, a protein conferring immunity to antimicrobial activity of the type IIa bacteriocin, carnobacteriocin B2

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 37, 2004, Pages 11740-11749

  Sprules, Tara ^a   Kawulka, Karen E ^a   Vederas, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROPHOBICITY; INORGANIC ACIDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLVENTS;

GENE ENCODING; GENETIC LOCUS; IMMUNITY PROTEINS; MEMBRANE RECEPTORS;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIOCIN; CARBON 13; CARNOBACTERIOCIN B2; CARNOBACTERIOCIN B2 IMMUNITY PROTEIN; NITROGEN 15; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 4644356516     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048854+     Document Type: Article

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