Mechanism of disruption of the Amt-Glnk complex by p ii-mediated sensing of 2-oxoglutarate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Maier, Sarah ^a   Schleberger, Paula ^a   Lü, Wei ^a   Wacker, Tobias ^a   Pflüger, Tobias ^a   Litz, Claudia ^a   Andrade, Susana L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIUM TRANSPORT PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLNK; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA-KETOGLUTARIC ACID; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGAND BINDING; MICROCALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; EURYARCHAEOTA;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 80054788580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026327     Document Type: Article

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