Crystal structure of cystalysin from Treponema denticola: A pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent protein acting as a haemolytic enzyme

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3168-3178

  Krupka, Heike I ^a   Huber, Robert ^a   Holt, Stanley C ^b   Clausen, Tim ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoethoxyvinylglycine; Cysteine desulfhydrase; Haemolysin; Periodontitis; Protein crystallography

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYSTALYSIN; LYASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; TREPONEMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

EID: 0034600929     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.13.3168     Document Type: Article

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