Identification of amino acids essential for catalytic activity of pneumococcal neuraminidase A

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 569-574

  Yesilkaya, Hasan ^a   Soma Haddrick, Shital ^a   Crennell, Susan J ^b   Andrew, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neuraminidase A; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Structure function

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; NEURAMINIDASE A; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; SIALIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNIZATION; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEURAMINIDASE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33745988952     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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