Detection of a homotetrameric structure and protein-protein interactions of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis formamidase lead to new functional insights

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-113

  Borges, Clayton Luiz ^a   Parente, Juliana Alves ^a   Barbosa, Mônica Santiago ^a   Santana, Jaime Martins ^b   Báo, Sonia Nair ^b   De Sousa, Marcelo Valle ^b   De Almeida Soares, Célia Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cellular localization; Formamidase; MS; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Protein protein interactions

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; FORMAMIDASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; TETRAMER; AMIDASE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

FUNGI; MUS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 74549142895     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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