Crystal structures of a pantothenate synthetase from M. tuberculosis and its complexes with substrates and a reaction intermediate

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1097-1108

  Wang, Shuishu ^a   Eisenberg, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimer; M. tuberculosis; Pantothenate synthetase; Reaction intermediate complex; Substrate complexes

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA ALANINE; DIMER; PANTOTHENATE SYNTHETASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA-ALANINE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN BINDING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037407932     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0241803     Document Type: Article

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