ROP2 from Toxoplasma gondii: A Virulence Factor with a Protein-Kinase Fold and No Enzymatic Activity

Structure

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-146

  Labesse, Gilles ^a,b   Gelin, Muriel ^a,b   Bessin, Yannick ^a,b   Lebrun, Maryse ^c   Papoin, Julien ^c   Cerdan, Rachel ^c   Arold, Stefan T ^a,b   Dubremetz, Jean François ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN ROP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIRULENCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRICETINAE; DNA PRIMERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 58149189627     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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