The residue composition of the aromatic anchor of the second transmembrane helix determines the signaling properties of the aspartate/maltose chemoreceptor tar of escherichia coli

Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1925-1932

  Adase, Christopher A ^a   Draheim, Roger R ^b,c   Manson, Michael D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC RESIDUES; ASPARTATES; CLOCK WISE; SEMI-SOLID AGAR; SIGNAL OUTPUT; SIGNALING STATE; TRANSMEMBRANE HELICES; TRANSMEMBRANE HELIX;

ALKYLATION; AROMATIZATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALTOSE; METHYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNALING; TAR;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE CHEMORECEPTOR; ASPARTIC ACID; MALTOSE; MALTOSE CHEMORECEPTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE METHYLATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SECOND TRANSMEMBRANE HELIX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ASPARTIC ACID; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MALTOSE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84857811802     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi201555x     Document Type: Article

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