Ligand-binding PAS domains in a genomic, cellular, and structural context

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2011, Pages 261-286

  Henry, Jonathan T ^a   Crosson, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ligand binding; PAS; Sensor; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; HEME; HYDROLASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; EVOLUTION; HALORHODOSPIRA HALOPHILA; LIGAND BINDING; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RHODOSPIRILLUM CENTENUM; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STIGMATELLA AURANTIACA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOMICS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053291460     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-121809-151631     Document Type: Review

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