Crystal structure of Escherichia coli PurE, an unusual mutase in the purine biosynthetic pathway

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1395-1406

  Mathews, Irimpan I ^a   Joseph Kappock, T ^b   Stubbe, JoAnne ^b   Ealick, Steven E ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic mechanism; PurE; Purine biosynthesis; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; MUTASE; PURINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PURINE SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033571625     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)80029-5     Document Type: Article

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