Peptide-binding dependent conformational changes regulate the transcriptional activity of the quorum-sensor NprR

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 7920-7933

  Zouhir, Samira ^a   Perchat, Stéphane ^b   Nicaise, Magali ^c   Perez, Javier ^d   Guimaraes, Beatriz ^d   Lereclus, Didier ^b   Nessler, Sylvie ^a,c  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^b UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; NPRR PROTEIN; NPRX PROTEIN; RAP PROTEIN; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOPROTEIN; ARGININE; PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CALIBRATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NATIVE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

APOPROTEINS; ARGININE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84886861902     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt546     Document Type: Article

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