Structure and thermodynamics of effector molecule binding to the nitrogen signal transduction PII protein GlnZ from azospirillum brasilense

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 426, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 2783-2799

  Truan, Daphné ^a   Bjelić, Saša ^b   Li, Xiao Dan ^b   Winkler, Fritz K ^b  

^a Swiss Light Source   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ADP binding; ATP binding; cooperativity; effector signaling

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLNZ PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN P2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; LIGAND BINDING; MICROCALORIMETRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE;

ADP BINDING; ATP BINDING; COOPERATIVITY; EFFECTOR SIGNALING; P(II) T-LOOP CONFORMATIONS;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CALORIMETRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITROGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84904266526     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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