Solution structure of an rRNA methyltransferase (ErmAM) that confers macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin antibiotic resistance

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 483-489

  Yu, Liping ^a   Petros, Andrew M ^a   Schnuchel, Arndt ^a   Zhong, Ping ^a   Severin, Jean M ^a   Walter, Karl ^a   Holzman, Thomas F ^a   Fesik, Stephen W ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; STREPTOGRAMIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA METHYLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BINDING SITES; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MACROLIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

EID: 0030902818     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0697-483     Document Type: Article

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