A scissor blade-like closing mechanism implicated in transmembrane signaling in a Bacteroides hybrid two-component system

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 7298-7303

  Lowe, Elisabeth C ^a   Baslé, Arnaud ^a   Czjzek, Mirjam ^b,c   Firbank, Susan J ^a   Bolam, David N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

Author keywords

Glycan sensing; Gut microbiota; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARIN; HOMODIMER; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; INTESTINE FLORA; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEPARIN; HEPARITIN SULFATE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PERIPLASM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON;

EID: 84860810089     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1200479109     Document Type: Article

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