Structure of the proteus vulgaris HigB-(HigA)2-HigB toxin-antitoxin complex

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1060-1070

  Schureck, Marc A ^a   Maehigashi, Tatsuya ^a   Miles, Stacey J ^a   Marquez, Jhomar ^a   Cho, Shein Ei ^a   Erdman, Rachel ^a   Dunham, Christine M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SOLVENT ACCESSIBILITY; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; VULGARIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANTITOXIN; ANTITOXIN HIGA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN HIGB; HEXAHISTIDINE; HIGBA TOXIN ANTITOXIN COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOFILM; ENERGY METABOLISM; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STRESS RESPONSE; TRANSLATION CONTROL; X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEUS VULGARIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84891938260     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.512095     Document Type: Article

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