Structural insights into the dimerization of the response regulator ComE from Streptococcus pneumoniae

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5302-5313

  Boudes, Marion ^a,c   Sanchez, Dyana ^a   Graille, Marc ^a,b,d   Van Tilbeurgh, Herman ^a   Durand, Dominique ^a,b   Quevillon Cheruel, Sophie ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; MONOMER; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RESPONSE REGULATOR COMD; RESPONSE REGULATOR COME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; LYTTR DOMAIN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REC RECEIVER DOMAIN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84899791233     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku110     Document Type: Article

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