X-ray crystal structure of aminoimidazole ribonucleotide synthetase (PurM), from the Escherichia coli purine biosynthetic pathway at 2.5 Å resolution

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1155-1166

  Li, Chenglong ^a   Kappock, T Joseph ^b   Stubbe, JoAnne ^b   Weaver, Todd M ^a,c   Ealick, Steven E ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIR synthetase; FGAR amidotransferase; Purine biosynthesis; PurL; PurM; Trifunctional enzyme

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0001007592     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(99)80182-8     Document Type: Article

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