Structural and biophysical characterization of Staphylococcus aureus SaMazF shows conservation of functional dynamics

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6709-6725

  Zorzini, Valentina ^a,b   Buts, Lieven ^a,b   Sleutel, Mike ^a   Garcia Pino, Abel ^a,b   Talavera, Ariel ^a,b   Haesaerts, Sarah ^a,b   Greve, Henri De ^a,b   Cheung, Ambrose ^c   Van Nuland, Nico A J ^a,b   Loris, Remy ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS MAZF PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CCDB PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI MAZF PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MAZF PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BETA SHEET; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84903135954     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku266     Document Type: Article

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