Glycyl radical enzymes: A conservative structural basis for radicals

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1999, Pages

  Eklund, Hans ^a   Fontecave, Marc ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; FORMATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; RADICAL; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033571352     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)80019-2     Document Type: Review

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