Determinants for substrate specificity of the bacterial PP2C protein phosphatase tPphA from Thermosynechococcus elongatus

FEBS Journal

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 694-707

  Su, Jiyong ^a   Forchhammer, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cross linking; PII signalling; PPM phosphatase; protein phosphorylation; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE TYEP 2C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CATALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYANOBACTERIA; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 84872785403     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08466.x     Document Type: Article

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