Crystal structure of a polyphosphate kinase and its implications for polyphosphate synthesis

EMBO Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 681-687

  Zhu, Ye ^a   Huang, Weijun ^a   Lee, Sam S K ^b   Xu, Wenqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Crystal structure; Polymerase; Polyphosphate; Polyphosphate kinase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENYLYLIMIDODIPHOSPHATE; DIMER; MONOMER; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYMER; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENYLYL IMIDODIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYPHOSPHATES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 23744488104     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400448     Document Type: Article

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