Structure of the substrate complex of thymidine kinase from Ureaplasma urealyticum and investigations of possible drug targets for the enzyme

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 6365-6372

  Kosinska, Urszula ^a   Carnrot, Cecilia ^a   Eriksson, Staffan ^a   Wang, Liya ^a   Eklund, Hans ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Crystallography; Deoxythymidine; Nucleoside analogues; Thymidine kinase

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBOSE; FLUORINE; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

BINDING SITES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; KINETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THYMIDINE KINASE; THYMINE NUCLEOTIDES; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

ARA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; MOLLICUTES; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 29144442291     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.05030.x     Document Type: Article

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