A phasin with many faces: Structural insights on PhaP from Azotobacter sp. FA8

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Mezzina, Mariela P ^a   Wetzler, Diana E ^a   Catone, Mariela V ^a   Bucci, Hernan ^a   Di Paola, Matias ^a   Pettinari, M Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHAP PROTEIN; PHASIN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PHAP PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AZOTOBACTER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84905402771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103012     Document Type: Article

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