Substitutions in the redox-sensing PAS domain of the NifL regulatory protein define an inter-subunit pathway for redox signal transmission

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 222-235

  Little, Richard ^a   Salinas, Paloma ^a,c   Slavny, Peter ^a,d   Clarke, Thomas A ^b   Dixon, Ray ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PROTEIN NIFL; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL CELL; BETA SHEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PER ARNT SIM DOMAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 80053229279     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07812.x     Document Type: Article

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