Peptide cyclization catalysed by the thioesterase domain of tyrocidine synthetase

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6801, 2000, Pages 215-218

  Trauger, John W ^a   Kohli, Rahul M ^a   Mootz, Henning D ^b   Marahiel, Mohamed A ^b   Walsh, Christopher T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN; SYNTHETASE; TYROCIDINE;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACILLUS; CATALYSIS; CYSTEAMINE; ESTERASES; GRAMICIDIN; MUTAGENESIS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TYROCIDINE;

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EID: 0034648798     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35025116     Document Type: Article

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