Characterisation of the putative effector interaction site of the regulatory HbpR protein from Pseudomonas azelaica by site-directed mutagenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Vogne, Christelle ^a   Bisht, Hansi ^b   Arias, Sagrario ^a   Fraile, Sofia ^c   Lal, Rup ^b   van der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYBIPHENYL; HBPR PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HBPR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AZELAICA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AZELAICA; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FORECASTING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AZELAICA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FORECASTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 79951938483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016539     Document Type: Article

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