Medicago truncatula histidine-containing phosphotransfer protein: Structural and biochemical insights into the cytokinin transduction pathway in plants

FEBS Journal

Volumn 280, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3709-3720

  Ruszkowski, Milosz ^a   Brzezinski, Krzysztof ^a,b   Jedrzejczak, Robert ^b   Dauter, Miroslawa ^b   Dauter, Zbigniew ^b   Sikorski, Michal ^a   Jaskolski, Mariusz ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

cytokinin hormone receptor; histidine aspartate two component phosphorelay; HPt; MtCRE1; phytohormone signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE CONTAINING PHOSPHOTRANSFER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CYTOKININ HORMONE RECEPTOR; HISTIDINE-ASPARTATE TWO-COMPONENT PHOSPHORELAY; HPT; MTCRE1; PHYTOHORMONE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOKININS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (NITROGENOUS GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84880325087     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.12363     Document Type: Article

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