Comparative X-ray analysis of the un-liganded fosfomycin-target MurA

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 290-298

  Eschenburg, Susanne ^a   Schönbrunn, Ernst ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell wall; Deamidation; Induced fit mechanism; Isoaspartate formation; Solvent network

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FOSFOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FOSFOMYCIN; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 0034257036     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(20000801)40:2<290::AID-PROT90>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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