Recent advances in the structure and function of isopenicillin N synthase

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 33-39

  Kreisberg Zakarin, Rachel ^a   Borovok, Ilya ^a   Yanko, Michaela ^a   Aharonowitz, Yair ^a   Cohen, Gerald ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Active site; Crystal structure; Iron binding motif; Isopenicillin N synthase; Mechanism of action

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; FERROUS ION; ISOPENICILLIN N SYNTHETASE; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PENICILLINS; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0033056377     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001723202234     Document Type: Review

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