Evidence against the "y-T Coupling" Mechanism of activation in the response regulator NtrC

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 426, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1554-1567

  Villali, Janice ^a   Pontiggia, Francesco ^a   Clarkson, Michael W ^a   Hagan, Michael F ^b   Kern, Dorothee ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allostery; CheY; NMR spectroscopy; protein dynamics; two component systems

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LEUCINE; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN C; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; THERMODYNAMICS; ALPHA HELIX; BETA SHEET; CHEMICAL REACTION; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; Y T COUPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALLOSTERY; CHEY; NMR SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN DYNAMICS; TWO-COMPONENT SYSTEMS;

ALLOSTERIC SITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS;

EID: 84895918624     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.12.027     Document Type: Article

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