The sensor kinase DcuS of Escherichia coli: Two stimulus input sites and a merged signal pathway in the DctA/DcuS sensor unit

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 393, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1291-1297

  Witan, Julian ^a   Monzel, Christian ^a   Scheu, Patrick D ^a   Unden, Gottfried ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DctA; DcuS; PAS domain; Sensing and signal transduction; Sensor kinase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DCTA PROTEIN; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; PROTEIN KINASE; SENSOR KINASE DCUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84869394709     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2012-0229     Document Type: Review

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