YbdK is a carboxylate-amine ligase with a γ-glutamyl: Cysteine ligase activity: Crystal structure and enzymatic assays

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 376-383

  Lehmann, Christopher ^a   Doseeva, Victoria ^a   Pullalarevu, Sadhana ^a   Krajewski, Wojciech ^a   Howard, Andrew ^b,c   Herzberg, Osnat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIGASE; MAGNESIUM ION; PROTEIN YBDK; PYRUVATE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 3042842012     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20103     Document Type: Article

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