Identification of the catalytic motif of the microbial ribosome inactivating cytotoxin colicin E3

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1603-1611

  Walker, Daniel ^a   Lancaster, Lorna ^a   James, Richard ^b   Kleanthous, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active site; Colicin E3; Mutagenesis; Ribonuclease; Ribosome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; COLICIN; COLICIN E3; CYTOTOXIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COLICINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOTOXINS; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASES; RIBOSOMES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2442713814     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.04658504     Document Type: Article

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