Interaction of the general transcription factor TnrA with the PII-like protein GlnK and glutamine synthetase in Bacillus subtilis

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1779-1789

  Kayumov, Airat ^a   Heinrich, Annette ^c   Fedorova, Kseniya ^b   Ilinskaya, Olga ^b   Forchhammer, Karl ^c  

^a KAZAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

^b KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; GlnK; glutamine synthetase; nitrogen regulation; PII protein; transcription factor TnrA

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENYLATE NUCLEOTIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN AMTB; PROTEIN GLNK; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TNRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALORIMETRY; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79955593865     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08102.x     Document Type: Article

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