Identification of structural and molecular determinants of the tyrosine-kinase Wzc and implications in capsular polysaccharide export

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1315-1325

  Bechet, Emmanuelle ^a   Gruszczyk, Jakub ^b   Terreux, Raphaël ^a   Gueguen Chaignon, Virginie ^b   Vigouroux, Armelle ^b   Obadia, Brice ^a   Cozzone, Alain J ^a   Nessler, Sylvie ^b   Grangeasse, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZC ENZYME;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; TYROSINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77956134439     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07291.x     Document Type: Article

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