Functional characterization of EngA MS, a P-loop GTPase of Mycobacterium smegmatis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Agarwal, Nisheeth ^a   Pareek, Madhu ^a   Thakur, Preeti ^a   Pathak, Vibha ^a  

^a Translational Health Science and Technology Institute   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGA PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; RNA 30S; RNA 50S; RNA 70S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYDROLYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84859592971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034571     Document Type: Article

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