Structural basis for TatA oligomerization: An NMR study of Escherichia coli TatA dimeric structure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Hu, Yunfei ^a,b   Li, Hongwei ^a,b   Jin, Changwen ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN; AMINO ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MICELLE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TATA PROTEIN, E COLI;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICELLE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICELLES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84905454613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103157     Document Type: Article

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