The specificity-conferring code of adenylation domains in nonribosomal peptide synthetases

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 493-505

  Stachelhaus, Torsten ^a,b   Mootz, Henning D ^a   Marahiel, Mohamed A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenylation domain; Binding pocket; Nonribosomal peptide synthetase; Signature sequence; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033179468     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(99)80082-9     Document Type: Article

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