The Ser/Thr protein kinase AfsK regulates polar growth and hyphal branching in the filamentous bacteria Streptomyces

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

Volumn 109, Issue 35, 2012, Pages

  Hempel, Antje M ^a,b   Cantlay, Stuart ^a   Molle, Virginie ^c   Wang, Sheng Bing ^a,d   Naldrett, Mike J ^b   Parker, Jennifer L ^b   Richards, David M ^b   Jung, Yong Gyun ^b   Buttner, Mark J ^b   Flärdh, Klas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Hyphal growth; Peptidoglycan; Protein phosphorylation; Tip extension

Indexed keywords

AFSK PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIVIVA PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL HYPHAE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HYPHAL BRANCHING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETON; HYPHAE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 84865562049     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207409109     Document Type: Article

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