Protein Folding Modulates the Swapped Dimerization Mechanism of Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Heme Sensors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Silva, Marta A ^a   Lucas, Tânia G ^b   Salgueiro, Carlos A ^a   Gomes, Cláudio M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GSU0582; GSU0935; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHEMOTAXIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIMERIZATION; ENTHALPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MODULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GEOBACTER; HEME; KINETICS; METHYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 84866983174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046328     Document Type: Article

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