Enterococcus faecalis PrgJ, a VirB4-Like ATPase, Mediates pCF10 conjugative transfer through substrate binding

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 4041-4051

  Li, Feng ^a   Alvarez Martinez, Cristina ^a,c   Chen, Yuqing ^a,d   Choi, Kyoung Jae ^b   Yeo, Hye Jeong ^b   Christie, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIMER; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHEROMONE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONJUGATIVE TRANSFER; CROSS LINKING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PCF GENE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRG GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 84866310251     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00648-12     Document Type: Article

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