A coiled coil switch mediates cold sensing by the thermosensory protein DesK

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 258-271

  Saita, Emilio ^a   Abriata, Luciano A ^b   Tsai, Yi Ting ^a   Trajtenberg, Felipe ^c   Lemmin, Thomas ^b   Buschiazzo, Alejandro ^c,d   Dal Peraro, Matteo ^b   de Mendoza, Diego ^a   Albanesi, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DESK; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; COLD TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84943452351     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13118     Document Type: Article

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