Atypical cohesin-dockerin complex responsible for cell surface attachment of cellulosomal components: Binding fidelity, promiscuity, and structural buttresses

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 16827-16838

  Salama Alber, Orly ^a   Jobby, Maroor K ^b   Chitayat, Seth ^b   Smith, Steven P ^b   White, Bryan A ^c   Shimon, Linda J W ^a   Lamed, Raphael ^d   Frolow, Felix ^d   Bayer, Edward A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLULOSE; CYTOLOGY; MACHINERY; PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL CELLS; CALCIUM BINDING; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULES; CELLULOSE-BINDING; NOVEL STRUCTURES; PLANT CELL WALL; RUMEN BACTERIA; STRUCTURAL BASIS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; CELL PROTEIN; COHESIN; COHESIN MODULE OF SCAE PROTEIN; DOCKERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X DOCKERIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

EID: 84878752415     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.466672     Document Type: Article

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