Abundance changes of the response regulator RcaC require specific aspartate and histidine residues and are necessary for normal light color responsiveness

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7241-7250

  Li, Lina ^a,b   Kehoe, David M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; HISTIDINE; RCAC PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLOR; CYANOBACTERIUM; FREMYELLA DIPLOSIPHON; LIGHT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RED LIGHT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HISTIDINE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KINETICS; LIGHT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FREMYELLA DIPLOSIPHON;

EID: 55749084062     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00762-08     Document Type: Article

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