The 2.5A Structure of the enterococcus conjugation protein TraM resembles VirB8 type IV secretion proteins

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2018-2028

  Goessweiner Mohr, Nikolaus ^a   Grumet, Lukas ^a   Arends, Karsten ^b,c   Pavkov Keller, Tea ^d   Gruber, Christian C ^d   Gruber, Karl ^a   Birner Gruenberger, Ruth ^e   Kropec Huebner, Andrea ^f   Huebner, Johannes ^f   Grohmann, Elisabeth ^b,f   Keller, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d AUSTRIAN CENTRE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; DNA; GENES; HEALTH RISKS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; MULTI-PROTEIN COMPLEX; SECONDARY STRUCTURE ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEMS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB8 LIKE PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; TRAM PROTEIN, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BRUCELLA SUIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CONTACT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA SUIS; CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872696193     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.428847     Document Type: Article

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