Solution structure and mechanism of the MutT pyrophosphohydrolase

Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology

Volumn 73, Issue , 1999, Pages 183-207

  Mildvan, A S ^a   Weber, D J ^a   Abeygunawardana, C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIVALENT CATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; MUTT PROTEIN, E COLI; PHOSPHATASE;

BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0032616957     PISSN: 0065258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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