title: Bacterial protein kinases that recognize tertiary rather than primary structure?
abstract: While all characterized eukaryotic protein kinases that phosphorylate hydroxy aminoacyl residues in proteins recognize primary structure, certain bacterial protein kinases are proving to recognize tertiary structure. It is proposed that these latter enzymes evolved independently of the superfamily of the former protein kinases and that their modes of target protein recognition and action are entirely different.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0116, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Saier
mesh_terms: D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary
chemical_list: D011494:Protein Kinases