The structure of Bradyrhizobium japonicum transcription factor FixK 2 unveils sites of DNA binding and oxidation

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 14238-14246

  Bonnet, Mariette ^a,c   Kurz, Mareike ^b   Mesa, Socorro ^a,d   Briand, Christophe ^b   Hennecke, Hauke ^a   Grütter, Markus G ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CAMP RECEPTOR PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING DOMAIN; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; HEXAHISTIDINE TAG; PROTEIN VARIANTS; REGULATORY PROTEIN; SPECIFIC CLEAVAGES;

AMINO ACIDS; COMPLEXATION; DNA; NITROGEN FIXATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

OXIDATION;

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HEXAHISTIDINE; HOMODIMER; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FIXK2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA BINDING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRP/FNR SUPERFAMILY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENERAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATIVE CONTROL; PROTEIN-DNA INTERACTION; X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXYGEN; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84877882904     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.465484     Document Type: Article

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