Interaction of the Escherichia coli transporter DctA with the sensor kinase DcuS: Presence of functional DctA/DcuS sensor units

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 846-861

  Witan, Julian ^a   Bauer, Julia ^a   Wittig, Ilka ^b   Steinmetz, Philipp Aloysius ^a   Erker, Wolfgang ^a   Unden, Gottfried ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COTRANSPORTER; DCTA PROTEIN; DCUS PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; SODIUM GLUTAMATE SYMPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

DICARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII;

EID: 84865565446     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08143.x     Document Type: Article

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