Zn 2+-linked dimerization of UreG from Helicobacter pylori, a chaperone involved in nickel trafficking and urease activation

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 222-239

  Zambelli, Barbara ^a   Turano, Paola ^b   Musiani, Francesco ^a   Neyroz, Paolo ^a   Ciurli, Stefano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gtpase; Intrinsically unfolded protein; Nickel trafficking; Urease chaperone; Zinc binding

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NICKEL; UREASE; ZINC ION; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREG PROTEIN, BACTERIA; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HELICOBACTER PULLORUM; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIGHT SCATTERING; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NICKEL; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; UREASE; ZINC;

EID: 58949095956     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22205     Document Type: Article

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