Crystal structure of firefly luciferase throws light on a super-family of adenylate-forming enzymes

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-298

  Conti, Elena ^a   Franks, Nick P ^a   Brick, Peter ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyl coenzyme A ligase; Adenylate; Firefly luciferase; Peptide synthetase; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; LUCIFERASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADENOSINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BINDING SITES; COENZYME A LIGASES; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0030584662     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00033-0     Document Type: Article

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