Architecture of the soluble receptor aer2 indicates an in-line mechanism for PAS and HAMP domain signaling

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 425, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 886-901

  Airola, Michael V ^a   Huh, Doowon ^a   Sukomon, Nattakan ^a   Widom, Joanne ^a   Sircar, Ria ^a   Borbat, Peter P ^a   Freed, Jack H ^a   Watts, Kylie J ^b   Crane, Brian R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial chemoreceptor; conformational change; HAMP domain; heme binding PAS domain; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

AER2 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAMP DOMAIN; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PAS DOMAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84874106350     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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