The stringent factor RelA adopts an open conformation on the ribosome to stimulate ppGpp synthesis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 6471-6481

  Arenz, Stefan ^a   Abdelshahid, Maha ^a   Sohmen, Daniel ^a   Payoe, Roshani ^b   Starosta, Agata L ^a,d   Berninghausen, Otto ^a   Hauryliuk, Vasili ^b,c   Beckmann, Roland ^a   Wilson, Daniel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TRANSFER RNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANOSINE 3',5'-POLYPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASES; GUANOSINE 5'-DIPHOSPHATE-3'-MONOPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHOKINASE; LIGASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOME; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GTP PYROPHOSPHOKINASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; LIGASES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84982855956     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw470     Document Type: Article

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