Crystal structure of thiamindiphosphate-dependent indolepyruvate decarboxylase from Enterobacter cloacae, an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the plant hormone indole-3-acetic acid

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2312-2321

  Schütz, Anja ^a   Sandalova, Tatyana ^b   Ricagno, Stefano ^b   Hübner, Gerhard ^a   König, Stephan ^a   Schneider, Gunter ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Protein crystallography; Pyruvate decarboxylase; Substrate specificity; Thiamin diphosphate

Indexed keywords

COCARBOXYLASE; DIMER; INDOLE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; INDOLEPYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; PHYTOHORMONE; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; TETRAMER; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARBOXY-LYASES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; NEGIBACTERIA; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0037687314     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03601.x     Document Type: Article

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