Structural, bioinformatic, and in vivo analyses of two treponema pallidum Lipoproteins reveal a unique TRAP transporter

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 416, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 678-696

  Deka, Ranjit K ^a   Brautigam, Chad A ^b   Goldberg, Martin ^a   Schuck, Peter ^c   Tomchick, Diana R ^b   Norgard, Michael V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

protein interactions; syphilis; TPR motif; TRAP transporter; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRIPARTITE ATP INDEPENDENT PERIPLASMIC TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84857598413     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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