Crystal structure of gingipain R: An Arg-specific bacterial cysteine proteinase with a caspase-like fold

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 5453-5462

  Eichinger, Andreas ^a   Beisel, Hans Georg ^a   Jacob, Uwe ^a   Huber, Robert ^a   Medrano, Francisco Javier ^a,b   Banbula, Agnieszka ^c,d   Potempa, Jan ^c,d   Travis, Jim ^d   Bode, Wolfram ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Caspases; Crystal structure; Cysteine proteinase; Periodontitis; Porphyromonas gingivalis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CASPASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GINGIPAIN R;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME INHIBITOR COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CASPASES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HEMAGGLUTININS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033570275     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.20.5453     Document Type: Article

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