Bacillus subtilis two-component system sensory kinase DegS is regulated by serine phosphorylation in its input domain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Jers, Carsten ^a   Kobir, Ahasanul ^b   Søndergaard, Elsebeth Oline ^a   Jensen, Peter Ruhdal ^a   Mijakovic, Ivan ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN DEGS; PROTEIN DEGU; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEGS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; DEGU PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TIME; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; OCTODON DEGUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SERINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79751501463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014653     Document Type: Article

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