Structure prediction of magnetosome-associated proteins

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Nudelman, Hila ^a   Zarivach, Raz ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Magnetosome; Magnetotactic bacteria; Membrane invagination; Protein structure function; Structure prediction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE; MAGNETOSOME ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MAMA PROTEIN; MAMB PROTEIN; MAMC PROTEIN; MAMD PROTEIN; MAME PROTEIN; MAMF PROTEIN; MAMG PROTEIN; MAMH PROTEIN; MAMI PROTEIN; MAMJ PROTEIN; MAMK PROTEIN; MAML PROTEIN; MAMM PROTEIN; MAMN PROTEIN; MAMO PROTEIN; MAMP PROTEIN; MAMQ PROTEIN; MAMR PROTEIN; MAMS PROTEIN; MAMT PROTEIN; MAMU PROTEIN; MAMX PROTEIN; MAMY PROTEIN; MAMZ PROTEIN; MMS6 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HYDROLYSIS; IRON TRANSPORT; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; NONHUMAN; PDZ DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS;

EID: 84893704714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00009     Document Type: Article

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