Crystal structure of dihydrodipicolinate synthase (BA3935) from Bacillus anthracis at 1.94 Å resolution

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 297-301

  Blagova, Elena ^a   Levdikov, Vladimir ^a   Milioti, Natalia ^a   Fogg, Mark J ^a   Kalliomaa, Anne K ^a   Brannigan, James A ^a   Wilson, Keith S ^a   Wilkinson, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIHYDROPICOLINATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BA3935 GENE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDRO-LYASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTIONS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 30344464699     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20684     Document Type: Article

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