PILZ Protein Structure and Interactions with PILB and the FIMX EAL Domain: Implications for Control of Type IV Pilus Biogenesis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 393, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 848-866

  Guzzo, Cristiane R ^a   Salinas, Roberto K ^a   Andrade, Maxuel O ^a   Farah, Chuck S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bacterial motility; c diGMP; EAL domain; PilZ; Xanthomonas

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMX PROTEIN; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PILB PROTEIN; PILZ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 70349968208     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.065     Document Type: Article

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