Crystal structure of a human kynurenine aminotransferase II homologue from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 at 2.20 Å resolution

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 685-688

  Chon, Hyongi ^a   Matsumura, Hiroyoshi ^a   Koga, Yuichi ^a   Takano, Kazufumi ^a,b   Kanaya, Shigenori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; TRANSAMINASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII;

EID: 27544513409     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20614     Document Type: Article

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