Characterization of a bifunctional enzyme with (p)ppGpp-hydrolase/synthase activity in Leptospira interrogans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-142

  He, Ping ^a   Deng, Cong ^a   Liu, Boyu ^a   Zeng, Lingbing ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Jiang, Xucheng ^a   Guo, Xiaokui ^a   Qin, Jinhong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

(p)ppGpp; Leptospira interrogans; Rel SpoT homologous protein

Indexed keywords

ALARMONE GUANOSINE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; MUTANT PROTEIN; SPOT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBON SOURCE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REL GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; POSIBACTERIA;

(P)PPGPP; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; REL/SPOT HOMOLOGOUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84886446354     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12279     Document Type: Article

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