Structural basis for selective GABA binding in bacterial pathogens

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1085-1099

  Planamente, Sara ^a,b   Mondy, Samuel ^a   Hommais, Florence ^c   Vigouroux, Armelle ^b   Moréra, Solange ^b   Faure, Denis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOCROTONIC ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; ATU4243 PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM; BINDING SITE; BURKHOLDERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; GENETIC DATABASE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, GABA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84870253600     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12043     Document Type: Article

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