X-ray structures of threonine aldolase complexes: Structural basis of substrate recognition

Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 39, 2002, Pages 11711-11720

  Kielkopf, Clara L ^a,b   Burley, Stephen K ^a,c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMERIZATION;

ASSAYS; CALCIUM; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; SUBSTRATES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ACETALDEHYDE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLYCINE; SCHIFF BASE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SCHIFF BASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

THERMATOGA; THERMATOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0036785348     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi020393+     Document Type: Article

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