Probing the conformational flexibility of monomeric FtsZ in GTP-bound, GDP-bound, and nucleotide-free states

Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3543-3551

  Natarajan, Kathiresan ^a   Senapati, Sanjib ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; CONFORMATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; ESSENTIAL DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL MOTIONS; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING;

CELL PROLIFERATION; DYES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEINS;

CONFORMATIONS;

FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MONOMER;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84878231350     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi400170f     Document Type: Article

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