Structural and functional characterization of a 5,10- methenyltetrahydrofolate synthetase from Mycoplasma pneumoniae (GI: 13508087)

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 433-443

  Chen, Shengfeng ^a,b   Yakunin, Alexander F ^c   Proudfoot, Michael ^c   Kim, Rosalind ^b   Kim, Sung Hou ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

5,10 methenyltetrahydrofolate synthetase; 5 formyltetrahydrofolate complex; 5 formyltetrahydrofolate cycloligase; ADP Mg complex; EC 6.3.3.2

Indexed keywords

5 FORMYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE CYCLOLIGASE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; MAGNESIUM ION; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LEUCOVORIN; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PHOSPHATES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 26444461211     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20591     Document Type: Article

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