The Escherichia coli Cell Division Protein and Model Tat Substrate SufI (FtsP) Localizes to the Septal Ring and Has a Multicopper Oxidase-Like Structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 386, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 504-519

  Tarry, Michael ^a,b   Arends, S J Ryan ^c   Roversi, Pietro ^b   Piette, Evan ^c   Sargent, Frank ^d   Berks, Ben C ^a   Weiss, David S ^c   Lea, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cupredoxin; FtsP; SufI; Tat; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MULTICOPPER OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SUFI PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 59149092772     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.12.043     Document Type: Article

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