The auxiliary protein complex SaePQ activates the phosphatase activity of sensor kinase SaeS in the SaeRS two-component system of Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 331-348

  Jeong, Do Won ^a   Cho, Hoonsik ^a   Jones, Marcus B ^b   Shatzkes, Kenneth ^b   Sun, Fei ^c   Ji, Quanjiang ^c   Liu, Qian ^a   Peterson, Scott N ^b   He, Chuan ^c   Bae, Taeok ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COAGULASE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SAEP PROTEIN; SAEQ PROTEIN; SAER PROTEIN; SAES PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TARGETING; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84867444709     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08198.x     Document Type: Article

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