Crystal structure of β-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase II from E.coli reveals the molecular architecture of condensing enzymes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1183-1191

  Huang, Weijun ^a   Jia, Jia ^a   Edwards, Patricia ^b   Dehesh, Katayoon ^b   Schneider, Gunter ^a   Lindqvist, Ylva ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Calgene Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensing enzymes; Crystal structure; Fatty acid elongation; Lipid metabolism; Protein crystallography

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

3-OXOACYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; ACETYL-COA C-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; YEASTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032473567     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.5.1183     Document Type: Article

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