Crystal structure of the Apo form of D-alanine: D-alanine ligase (Ddl) from Thermus caldophilus: A basis for the substrate-induced conformational changes

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1078-1082

  Lee, Jim Hyuck ^a   Na, Young ^a   Song, Hye Eun ^b   Kim, Dooil ^b   Park, Bo Hyun ^b   Rho, Seong Hwan ^a   Im, Young Jun ^a   Kim, Mun Kyoung ^a   Kang, Gil Bu ^a   Lee, Dae Sil ^b   Eom, Soo Hyun ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSERINE; DEXTRO ALANINE; DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIGASE; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEICOPLANIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; APOENZYME; D-ALANYLALANINE SYNTHETASE; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMUS CALDOPHILUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; THERMUS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

THERMUS CALDOPHILUS;

APOENZYMES; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMUS;

EID: 33748474606     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20927     Document Type: Article

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