Structure of the Escherichia coli phosphonate binding protein PhnD and rationally optimized phosphonate biosensors

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 414, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 356-369

  Alicea, Ismael ^a   Marvin, Jonathan S ^b   Miklos, Aleksandr E ^c   Ellington, Andrew D ^c   Looger, Loren L ^b   Schreiter, Eric R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

biosensor; crystal structure; fluorescence; periplasmic binding protein; phosphonate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN PHND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSENSOR; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 82555170281     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.09.047     Document Type: Article

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