The NreA protein functions as a nitrate receptor in the staphylococcal nitrate regulation system

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 426, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1539-1553

  Niemann, Volker ^a   Koch Singenstreu, Mareike ^b   Neu, Ancilla ^c   Nilkens, Stephanie ^b   Götz, Friedrich ^a   Unden, Gottfried ^b   Stehle, Thilo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anaerobic respiration; GAF domain; nitrate binding; Staphylococcus; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IODIDE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; PROTEIN NREA; RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYDROGEN; NREA PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIMERIZATION; DIPOLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NITRATE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; REPORTER GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; MELTING POINT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMOSTABILITY;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION; GAF DOMAIN; NITRATE BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; X-RAY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84895928434     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.12.026     Document Type: Article

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