The TonB dimeric crystal structures do not exist in vivo

mBio

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Postle, Kathleen ^a,b   Kastead, Kyle A ^a,c   Gresock, Michael G ^a   Ghosh, Joydeep ^b,d   Swayne, Cheryl D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Genencor   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DISULFIDE; PROTEIN TONB;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DISULFIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79952158450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00307-10     Document Type: Article

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