Crystal structure of mycothiol synthase (Rv0819) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis shows structural homology to the GNAT family of N-acetyltransferases

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1954-1959

  Vetting, Matthew W ^a   Roderick, Steven L ^a   Yu, Michael ^a   Blanchard, John S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetyltransferase; GNAT fold; Mycothiol biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINE; CYSTEINE; GCN5 RELATED N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSAMINE; INOSITOL; MYCOTHIOL SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; COENZYME; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TANDEM REPEAT;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE; DATABASES; DISACCHARIDES; GLYCOPEPTIDES; INOSITOL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PYRAZOLES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0042511920     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03153703     Document Type: Article

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