Structural Basis of the Transcriptional Regulation of the Proline Utilization Regulon by Multifunctional PutA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 381, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 174-188

  Zhou, Yuzhen ^a   Larson, John D ^b   Bottoms, Christopher A ^c   Arturo, Emilia C ^b   Henzl, Michael T ^d   Jenkins, Jermaine L ^d   Nix, Jay C ^e   Becker, Donald F ^a   Tanner, John J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

isothermal titration calorimetry; proline catabolism; proline utilization A; ribbon helix helix; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLAVOPROTEIN; LYSINE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROLINE UTILIZATION A PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENTHALPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYPOTHESIS; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULON; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 46649098392     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.05.084     Document Type: Article

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