Peptidase family U34 belongs to the superfamily of N-terminal nucleophile hydrolases

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1131-1135

  Pei, Jimin ^b   Grishin, Nick V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ntn hydrolase; Penicillin V acylase; Peptidase classification; Peptidase family U34; Structure prediction

Indexed keywords

ACID CERAMIDASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLOYLGLYCINE HYDROLASE; HYDROLASE; ISOPENICILLIN N; ISOPENICILLIN N ACYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN V ACYLASE; PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; PENICILLIN AMIDASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS;

EID: 0242515820     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0240803     Document Type: Article

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