Structure of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methylerythritol synthetase involved in mevalonate-independent isoprenoid biosynthesis

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 641-648

  Richard, Stéphane B ^a   Bowman, Marianne E ^a   Kwiatkowski, Witek ^a   Kang, Ilgu ^b   Chow, Cathy ^b   Lillo, Antonietta M ^b   Cane, David E ^b   Noel, Joseph P ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 DIPHOSPHOCYTIDYL 2 C METHYLERYTHRITOL SYNTHETASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID; MEVALONIC ACID; PROTEIN YGBP; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALARIA; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; VERTEBRATE;

APOENZYMES; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DIMERIZATION; DRUG DESIGN; ERYTHRITOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEVALONIC ACID; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUGAR PHOSPHATES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034953307     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/89691     Document Type: Article

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