Crystal structure of intact elongation factor EF-Tu from Escherichia coli in GDP conformation at 2.05 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1245-1256

  Song, Haiwei ^a   Parsons, Mark R ^a   Rowsell, Siân ^a   Leonard, Gordon ^b   Phillips, Simon E V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Elongation factor; G protein; Multiwavelength anomalous diffraction; Protein synthesis; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR TU; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; R FACTOR; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

EID: 0033593370     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2387     Document Type: Article

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