Cooperative Binding of MgATP and MgADP in the Trimeric PII Protein GlnK2 from Archaeoglobus fulgidus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 402, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-177

  Helfmann, Sarah ^a   Lü, Wei ^a   Litz, Claudia ^a   Andrade, Susana L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

GlnK signaling; Isothermal titration calorimetry; Protein crystallography

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLNK1; PROTEIN GLNK2; PROTEIN GLNK3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; PIID REGULATORY PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; PROKARYOTA;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; KINETICS; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 77956176486     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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