Evidence from artificial septal targeting and site-directed mutagenesis that residues in the extracytoplasmic β domain of DivIB mediate its interaction with the divisomal transpeptidase PBP 2B

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6116-6125

  Rowland, Susan L ^a   Wadsworth, Kimberly D ^a,e   Robson, Scott A ^b,d   Robichon, Carine ^c   Beckwith, Jon ^d   King, Glenn F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HETERODIMER; PROTEIN DIVIB; PROTEIN PBP 2 B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78649375524     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00783-10     Document Type: Article

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