Threonine phosphorylation prevents promoter DNA binding of the Group B Streptococcus response regulator CovR

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1477-1495

  Lin, Wan Jung ^b   Walthers, Don ^c   Connelly, James E ^b   Burnside, Kellie ^b   Jewell, Kelsea A ^b   Kenney, Linda J ^c   Rajagopal, Lakshmi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEIN COVR; PROTEIN COVS; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THREONINE;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 62449179440     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06616.x     Document Type: Article

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