Structural and functional characterization of CFE88: Evidence that a conserved and essential bacterial protein is a methyltransferase

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1472-1484

  Constantine, Keith L ^a,b   Krystek, Stanley R ^a   Healy, Matthew D ^a   Doyle, Michael L ^a   Siemers, Nathan O ^a   Thanassi, Jane ^a   Yan, Ning ^a   Xie, Dianlin ^a   Goldfarb, Valentina ^a   Yanchunas, Joseph ^a   Tao, Li ^a   Dougherty, Brian A ^a   Farmer II, Bennett T ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Biophysical methods; Conserved essential bacterial gene; Methyltransferase; Mutagenesis; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Protein modeling; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; GENE PRODUCT; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 22444432137     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051389605     Document Type: Article

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