The structural basis of cephalosporin formation in a mononuclear ferrous enzyme

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-101

  Valegård, Karin ^a   Terwisscha Van Scheltinga, Anke C ^b   Dubus, Alain ^c   Ranghino, Graziella ^d   Öster, Linda M ^b   Hajdu, Janos ^a   Andersson, Inger ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d Istituto Guido Donegani SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN; DEACETOXYCEPHALOSPORIN C; DEACETOXYCEPHALOSPORIN C SYNTHASE; FERROUS ION; IRON; OXYGEN; PENICILLIN G; SUCCINIC ACID; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECIES; STEADY STATE;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CEPHALOSPORINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROSTATICS; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; IRON; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOMYCES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0842313011     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb712     Document Type: Article

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