Unique GTP-Binding Pocket and Allostery of Uridylate Kinase from a Gram-Negative Phytopathogenic Bacterium

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 385, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1113-1126

  Tu, Jhe Le ^a   Chin, Ko Hsin ^a   Wang, Andrew H J ^b,c   Chou, Shan Ho ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

allosteric regulation; UMPK crystal structure; unique GTP binding site; Xanthomonas campestris

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MONOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE PHOSPHATE; URIDYLATE KINASE;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 58149334786     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.11.030     Document Type: Article

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