An IcmF family protein, ImpLM, is an integral inner membrane protein interacting with ImpKL, and its Walker a motif is required for type VI secretion system-mediated Hcp secretion in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4316-4329

  Ma, Lay Sun ^a,b   Lin, Jer Sheng ^a   Lai, Erh Min ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN HCP; PROTEIN ICMF; PROTEIN IMPKL; PROTEIN IMPLM; PROTEIN T6SS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DELETION MUTANT; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; IMPLM GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; YEAST; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 67649415191     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00029-09     Document Type: Article

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