Structural basis for the allosteric control of the global transcription factor NtcA by the nitrogen starvation signal 2-oxoglutarate

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 28, 2010, Pages 12487-12492

  Zhao, Meng Xi ^a   Jiang, Yong Liang ^a   He, Yong Xing ^a   Chen, Yi Fei ^b   Teng, Yan Bin ^a   Chen, Yuxing ^a   Zhang, Cheng Cai ^b   Zhou, Cong Zhao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Cyanobacteria; DNA recognition; Transcription activator

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; DNA; HOMODIMER; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NTCA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA BINDING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77955446124     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1001556107     Document Type: Article

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