In silico analysis of the adenylation domains of the freestanding enzymes belonging to the eucaryotic nonribosomal peptide synthetase-like family

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 929-941

  Di Vincenzo, Leonardo ^a   Grgurina, Ingeborg ^a   Pascarella, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Docking; Freestanding NRPSs; Homology modelling; Nonribosomal peptide synthetase; Specifity conferring code

Indexed keywords

AMINOADIPATE SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; GRAMICIDIN SYNTHETASE; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EBONY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENYLATION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 14044264103     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2004.04522.x     Document Type: Article

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