Uridylylation of herbaspirillum seropedicae glnb and glnk proteins is differentially affected by ATP, ADP and 2-oxoglutarate in vitro

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 194, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 643-652

  Bonatto, Ana C ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Oliveira, Marco A S ^a   Monteiro, Rose A ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a   Huergo, Luciano F ^a   Pedrosa, Fábio O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GlnB; GlnK; Herbaspirillum seropedicae.; PII proteins; Uridylylation

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLNB; PROTEIN GLND; PROTEIN GLNK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; URIDYLATION;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HERBASPIRILLUM; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84866000515     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-012-0799-9     Document Type: Article

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