Crystal structures of a CTXφ pIII domain unbound and in complex with a Vibrio cholerae TolA domain reveal novel interaction interfaces

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 43, 2012, Pages 36258-36272

  Ford, Christopher G ^a   Kolappan, Subramaniapillai ^a   Phan, Hanh T H ^b   Waldor, Matthew K ^c   Winther Larsen, Hanne C ^b   Craig, Lisa ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-TERMINAL DOMAINS; CHOLERA TOXIN; COAT PROTEINS; COLICINS; COLIPHAGES; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; E. COLI; GENES ENCODING; HUMAN PATHOGENS; INFECTION PROCESS; INTERACTION INTERFACE; MARINE MICROBE; N-TERMINAL DOMAINS; OUTER MEMBRANE; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROPHAGES; SMALL INTESTINE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; X RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES;

BACTERIOPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COAT PROTEIN PIII; COLICIN; PROTEIN TOLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAPSID PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TOLA PROTEIN, E COLI; TOLC PROTEIN, E COLI;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COLIPHAGE; COMPARATIVE MOLECULAR SIMILARITY INDICES ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; X RAY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHOLERA TOXIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84867780142     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.403386     Document Type: Article

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