The crystal structure of the TolB box of colicin A in complex with TolB reveals important differences in the recruitment of the common TolB translocation portal used by group A colicins

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 623-636

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Li, Chan ^a   Vankemmelbeke, Mireille N ^a   Bardelang, Philip ^a   Paoli, Max ^a   Penfold, Christopher N ^a   James, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLICIN; COLICIN A; COLICIN E9; TOLB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL TRANSPORT; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COLICINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 75149149839     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06808.x     Document Type: Article

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