AdoMet radical proteins - From structure to evolution - Alignment of divergent protein sequences reveals strong secondary structure element conservation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4015-4025

  Nicolet, Yvain ^a,b   Drennan, Catherine L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b European Synchrotron Radiat Facil ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN SYNTHASE; COPROPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; DNA; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE ACTIVASE; RNA; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLAVODOXIN; FREE RADICAL;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAVODOXIN; FREE RADICALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 3242882336     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh728     Document Type: Article

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