Crystal structure and activity of Bacillus subtilis YoaJ (EXLX1), a bacterial expansin that promotes root colonization

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

Volumn 105, Issue 44, 2008, Pages 16876-16881

  Kerff, Frédéric ^a   Amoroso, Ana ^a   Herman, Raphaël ^a   Sauvage, Eric ^a   Petrella, Stéphanie ^b   Filée, Patrice ^a   Charlier, Paulette ^a   Joris, Bernard ^a   Tabuchi, Akira ^c   Nikolaidis, Nikolas ^c,d   Cosgrove, Daniel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family 45 endoglucanase; Lytic transglycosylase; Peptidoglycan; Plant cell wall; Plant microbe interactions

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; EXLX1 PROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PATULIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CELL WALL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CODE; LIQUID CULTURE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YOAJ GENE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZEA MAYS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 55949096569     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809382105     Document Type: Article

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