Crystal structure and mechanism of a bacterial fluorinating enzyme

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6974, 2004, Pages 561-565

  Dong, Changjiang ^a   Huang, Fanglu ^b   Deng, Hai ^a   Schaffrath, Christoph ^a   Spencer, Jonathan B ^b   O'Hagan, David ^a   Naismith, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; METABOLITES; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SURFACE WATERS;

CHEMICAL REACTIVITY; FLUORINATION REACTIONS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

5' FLUORO 5' DEOXYADENOSINE SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BROMIDE; CHLORIDE ION; FLUORINE; PEROXIDASE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGY; FLUORINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FLUORINATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES CATTLEYA; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DEOXYADENOSINES; FLUORINE; METHIONINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CATTLEYA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES CATTLEYA;

EID: 1142310932     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02280     Document Type: Article

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