Potassium Acts as a GTPase-Activating Element on Each Nucleotide-Binding Domain of the Essential Bacillus subtilis EngA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Foucher, Anne Emmanuelle ^a,b   Reiser, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Ebel, Christine ^a,b   Housset, Dominique ^a,b   Jault, Jean Michel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENGA PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN GD1; PROTEIN GD2; PROTEIN MNME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASE ACTIVATORS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; POTASSIUM;

EID: 84867285085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046795     Document Type: Article

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