Sophisticated Regulation of Transcriptional Factors by the Bacterial Phosphoenolpyruvate: Sugar Phosphotransferase System

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 429, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 773-789

  Galinier, Anne ^a   Deutscher, Josef ^b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

carbohydrates; phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS); phosphorylation; transcriptional regulators

Indexed keywords

2 CHLORO 6 N CYCLOPENTYLADENOSINE; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA; ANTITERMINATOR PROTEINS, BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

CATABOLITE REPRESSION; DNA BINDING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIRMICUTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85013057134     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.02.006     Document Type: Review

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