The structure of the cofactor-binding fragment of the LysR family member, CysB: A familiar fold with a surprising subunit arrangement

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1017-1032

  Tyrrell, Richard ^a,b   Verschueren, Koen H G ^a   Dodson, Eleanor J ^a   Murshudov, Garib N ^a   Addy, Christine ^a   Wilkinson, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; CysB; Cysteine biosynthesis; LysR family; Transcriptional regulator

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031571642     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00254-2     Document Type: Article

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