The S helix mediates signal transmission as a HAMP domain coiled-coil extension in the NarX nitrate sensor from Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 734-745

  Stewart, Valley ^a   Chen, Li Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NARX PROTEIN; NITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAMP DOMAIN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; EUKARYOTA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 75149162101     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00172-09     Document Type: Article

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