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Investigation of the role of electrostatic charge in activation of the Escherichia coli response regulator CheY.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Nov 2003
Smith Jenny G, Latiolais Jamie A, Guanga Gerald P, Citineni Sindhura, Silversmith Ruth E, Bourret Robert B
Abstract excerpt
In a two-component regulatory system, an important means of signal transduction in microorganisms, a sensor kinase phosphorylates a response regulator protein on an aspartyl residue, resulting in activation. The active site of the response regulator is highly charged (containing a lysine, the phosphorylatable aspartate, two additional aspartates involved in metal binding, and an Mg(2+) ion), and introduction of...
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