Extended C-terminus and length of the linker connecting the G-domains are species-specific variations in the EngA family of GTPases

FEBS Open Bio

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 191-195

  Tomar, Sushil Kumar ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^a   Majumdar, Soneya ^a   Bhaskar, Varun ^a   Dutta, Prasun ^a   Prakash, Balaji ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Chimeric proteins; Conserved bacterial GTPase; EngA; Ribosome biogenesis; Sequence analysis; Species specific variations

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN ENGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; FIRMICUTES; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RIBOSOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84867309287     PISSN: 22115463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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