Crystal structure of a putative methyltransferase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Misannotation of a genome clarified by protein structural analysis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 4057-4065

  Johnston, Jodie M ^a   Arcus, Vickery L ^a   Morton, Craig J ^b   Parker, Michael W ^b   Baker, Edward N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LIGANDS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038492653     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.14.4057-4065.2003     Document Type: Article

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