Identification of SPOR Domain amino acids important for septal localization, peptidoglycan binding, and a disulfide bond in the cell division protein FtsN

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 5308-5315

  Duncan, Tammi R ^a,c   Yahashiri, Atsushi ^a   Ryan Arends, S J ^a,d   Popham, David L ^b   Weiss, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN FTSN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BETA SHEET; BINDING SITE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84887539571     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00911-13     Document Type: Article

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