Interaction of GlnK with the GAF domain of Herbaspirillum seropedicae NifA mediates NH 4 +-regulation

Biochimie

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1041-1047

  Oliveira, Marco A S ^a   Aquino, Bruno ^a   Bonatto, Ana Claudia ^a   Huergo, Luciano F ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a   Pedrosa, Fábio O ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Dixon, Ray ^b   Monteiro, Rose A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GAF domain; GlnK; Herbaspirillum seropedicae; NifA; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GAF PROTEIN; GLNK PROTEIN; NIFA PROTEIN; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPRESSION; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HERBASPIRILLUM; KINETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEOLYSIS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE;

EID: 84857457694     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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