Solution structure of the PAS domain of a thermophilic YybT protein homolog reveals a potential ligand-binding site

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 11949-11959

  Tan, Edward ^a   Rao, Feng ^a   Pasunooti, Swathi ^a   Pham, Thi Huong ^b   Soehano, Ishin ^a   Turner, Mark S ^b,c   Liew, Chong Wai ^a   Lescar, Julien ^a   Pervushin, Konstantin ^a   Liang, Zhao Xun ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b School of Agriculture and Food Sciences   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; C-TERMINAL REGIONS; GEOBACILLUS THERMODENITRIFICANS; HYDROPHOBIC POCKETS; LIGAND-BINDING SITES; SIGNALING PROTEINS; SOLUTION STRUCTURES; ZINC PROTOPORPHYRIN;

AMINO ACIDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PORPHYRINS; STOICHIOMETRY;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CITRIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; HEME; MALIC ACID; PROTEIN YYBT; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; SUCCINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS THERMODENITRIFICAN; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGAND BINDING; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES; GEOBACILLUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS THERMODENITRIFICANS;

EID: 84876912826     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.437764     Document Type: Article

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