An α-helical core encodes the dual functions of the chlamydial protein IncA

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 33469-33480

  Ronzone, Erik ^a,c   Wesolowski, Jordan ^a   Bauler, Laura D ^b   Bhardwaj, Anshul ^a   Hackstadt, Ted ^b   Paumet, Fabienne ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHROISM;

ANALYTICAL ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; CELLULAR ORGANELLES; CORE REGION; DUAL FUNCTION; HOST CELLS; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIA; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN INCA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INCA PROTEIN, CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL LINE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SNARE LIKE DOMAIN 1; SNARE LIKE DOMAIN 2; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84912133953     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.592063     Document Type: Article

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