Structural Mechanisms of Peptide Recognition and Allosteric Modulation of Gene Regulation by the RRNPP Family of Quorum-Sensing Regulators

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 428, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 2793-2804

  Do, Hackwon ^a   Kumaraswami, Muthiah ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

allostery; gene regulation; peptide signaling; RRNPP family; structural mechanisms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; RAP PROTEIN; RRNPP PEPTIDE; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; BACTERIAL GENE; CYTOPLASM; GENE CONTROL; GENE TARGETING; INTERNALIZATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; VIRULENCE;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDES; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84977083361     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.05.026     Document Type: Review

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