Structural Basis of Rap Phosphatase Inhibition by Phr Peptides

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Gallego del Sol, Francisca ^a,b   Marina, Alberto ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN COMA; PROTEIN PHR; PROTEIN PHRF; PROTEIN RAPA; PROTEIN RAPC; PROTEIN RAPF; PROTEIN RAPG; PROTEIN RAPH; PROTEIN RAPI; PROTEIN RAPK; RAP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84875453354     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001511     Document Type: Article

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