The sporulation protein SirA inhibits the binding of DnaA to the origin of replication by contacting a patch of clustered amino acids

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1302-1307

  Rahn Lee, Lilah ^a,c   Merrikh, Houra ^b   Grossman, Alan D ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA A; PROTEIN SIRA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN DNAA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; SEIRA;

EID: 79952372559     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01390-10     Document Type: Article

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