Structural mechanism of ergosterol regulation by fungal sterol transcription factor Upc2

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yang, Huiseon ^a   Tong, Junsen ^a   Lee, Chul Won ^a   Ha, Subin ^a   Eom, Soo Hyun ^b   Im, Young Jun ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UPC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DEHYDROERGOSTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIGAND; MUTANT PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UPC2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL BINDING; FUNGUS; HOMEOSTASIS; LIGAND;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSOL; DRUG EFFECTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STANDARD; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, REVERSE-PHASE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOSOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERGOSTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84923088122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7129     Document Type: Article

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