Structure and mode of peptide binding of pheromone receptor PrgZ

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 37165-37170

  Berntsson, Ronnie P A ^a,c   Schuurman Wolters, Gea K ^a   Dunny, Gary ^b   Slotboom, Dirk Jan ^a   Poolman, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE BINDING; SEX PHEROMONE; SYSTEM CONTROL;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

PEPTIDES;

BINDING PROTEIN; LEUCYLVALYLTHREONYLLEUCYLVALYLPHENYLALANYLVALINE; OLIGOPEPTIDE BINDING PROTEIN A; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN APPA; PROTEIN PRGZ; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84868257136     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.386334     Document Type: Article

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