A high-throughput screen for ligand binding reveals the specificities of three amino acid chemoreceptors from Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 694-707

  Mckellar, James L O ^a   Minnell, Jordan J ^a   Gerth, Monica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID CHEMORECEPTOR; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN PAO1; PROTEIN PCTA; PROTEIN PCTB; PROTEIN PCTC; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID; LIGAND; PCTA PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PCTB PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PCTC PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LIGAND BINDING; LIGAND BINDING DOMAIN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSA GENE; PSCA GENE; PSCB GENE; PSCC GENE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. ACTINIDIAE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ACTINIDIA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. ACTINIDIAE;

ACTINIDIA; AMINO ACIDS; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 84929275058     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12964     Document Type: Article

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