Cytoplasmic histidine kinase (HP0244)-regulated assembly of urease with UreI, a channel for urea and its metabolites, CO2, NH3, and NH4+, is necessary for acid survival of Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-103

  Scott, David R ^a,b   Marcus, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Wen, Yi ^a,b   Singh, Siddarth ^c   Feng, Jing ^a,b   Sachs, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; HP0165 PROTEIN; HP0244 PROTEIN; NICKEL; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREA PROTEIN; UREASE; UREB PROTEIN; UREI PROTEIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PH; CELL TRANSPORT; COMPLEX FORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE DELETION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOMEOSTASIS; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH PH;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTOPLASM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PERIPLASM; PROTEIN KINASES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; UREA; UREASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 73849124969     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00848-09     Document Type: Article

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