The active site of Serratia endonuclease contains a conserved magnesium-water cluster

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 975-987

  Miller, Mitchell D ^a   Cai, Jiwen ^a   Krause, Kurt L ^a,b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Divalent cation; Endonuclease; Magnesium; Nuclease; Water cluster

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ENDONUCLEASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; MAGNESIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA;

EID: 0033591238     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2729     Document Type: Article

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