Crystal structure and functional analysis of Escherichia coli glutamate decarboxylase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4027-4037

  Capitani, Guido ^a   De Biase, Daniela ^b   Aurizi, Caterina ^b   Gut, Heinz ^a   Bossa, Francesco ^b   Grütter, Markus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial acid resistance; Cellular localization; Escherichia coli; Glutamate decarboxylase; Pyridoxal 5 phosphate

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; ISOENZYME; PROTEIN GADC; PYRIDOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOMACH; STOMACH PH; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SODIUM ACETATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0041465717     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg403     Document Type: Article

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