The cysteine 354 and 277 residues of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi EnvZ are determinants of autophosphorylation and OmpR phosphorylation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 282-290

  Oropeza, Ricardo ^a   Calva, Edmundo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Autophosphorylation; EnvZ; OmpR; Signal transduction; Two component systems

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; MONOMER; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN REGULATOR; PROTEIN ENVZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 60349118397     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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