Defining a key receptor-CheA kinase contact and elucidating its function in the membrane-bound bacterial chemosensory array: A disulfide mapping and TAM-IDS study

Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 3866-3880

  Piasta, Kene N ^a   Ulliman, Caleb J ^a   Slivka, Peter F ^a   Crane, Brian R ^b   Falke, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY ARCHITECTURE; DISULFIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR PROTEINS; REGULATORY FUNCTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRUCTURAL FUNCTION; STRUCTURAL INTERFACE;

AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS; SALMONELLA; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ENZYMES;

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; ALANINE; CHEA KINASE; CHEW PROTEIN; DISULFIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; OXIDATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; DISULFIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; THERMOTOGA;

EID: 84878650645     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi400385c     Document Type: Article

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