The structure and function of the 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase from Haemophilus influenzae

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-219

  Hennig, Michael ^a   Dale, Glenn E ^a   D'Arcy, Allan ^a   Danel, Franck ^a   Fischer, Stefan ^a   Gray, Christopher P ^a   Jolidon, Synèse ^a   Müller, Francis ^a   Page, Malcolm G P ^a   Pattison, Philip ^a   Oefner, Christian ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HPPK; MAD; Pterin; Pyrophosphokinase; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033605870     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2623     Document Type: Article

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