The structure of the C-terminal domain of methionine synthase: Presenting S-adenosylmethionine for reductive methylation of B12

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1263-1275

  Dixon, Melinda M ^a   Huang, Sha ^a   Matthews, Rowena G ^a   Ludwig, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

adenosylmethionine; B12; cobalamin; methionine synthase

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030589146     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00135-9     Document Type: Article

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