Evidence for a double-helical structure for modular polyketide synthases

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 188-192

  Staunton, James ^a   Caffrey, Patrick ^a   Aparicio, Jesus F ^a   Roberts, Gareth A ^b   Bethell, Susanne S ^c   Leadlay, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; POLYKETIDE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA;

EID: 0030065324     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0296-188     Document Type: Article

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