Substrate and product specificities of cis-type undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 386, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 169-176

  Chen, Annie P C ^a   Chang, Sing Yang ^b   Lin, Yu Chung ^a   Sun, Yang Sheng ^b   Chen, Chao Tsen ^a   Wang, Andrew H J ^a,b   Liang, Po Huang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer modelling; Prenyltransferase; Product specificity; Site directed mutagenesis; Substrate specificity; Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPIDS; RATE CONSTANTS; SUBSTRATES;

BACTERIAL PEPTIDOGLYCAN BIOSYNTHESIS; HYDROCARBON TAIL; LIPID CARRIERS; SUBSTRATE BINDING;

ENZYMES;

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; FARNESOL; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; HYDROCARBON; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATE; PYROPHOSPHATE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECAPRENYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CIS ISOMER; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FARNESOL; HEMITERPENES; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 14244265227     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20040785     Document Type: Article

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