Crystal structure of histidine-containing phosphocarrier protein from Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis MB4 and the implications for thermostability

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 513-519

  Feng, Chun Yan ^a,b   Gao, Feng ^c   Liu, Yi Wei ^a   Wang, Gui Hua ^a   Peng, Hao ^a   Ma, Yan He ^a   Yan, Jing Hua ^a   Gao, George Fu ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

crystal structure; HPr; salt bridge; Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis; thermostability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHOCARRIER PROTEIN HPR; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; HEAT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMOANAEROBACTER; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME STABILITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMOANAEROBACTER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOANAEROBACTER TENGCONGENSIS;

EID: 79959593923     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-011-4182-x     Document Type: Article

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