Allosteric activation of exopolysaccharide synthesis through cyclic di-GMP-stimulated protein-protein interaction

EMBO Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 354-368

  Steiner, Samuel ^a   Lori, Christian ^a   Boehm, Alex ^b   Jenal, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; c di GMP; Glycosyltransferase; Poly GlcNAc; Signalling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PGAC PROTEIN; PGAD PROTEIN; POLY BETA 1,6 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGAND BINDING; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84873569415     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.315     Document Type: Article

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