X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the zinc-binding sites in the class B2 metallo-β-lactamase ImiS from Aeromonas veronii bv. sobria

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 45, 2006, Pages 13650-13658

  Costello, Alison L ^a   Sharma, Narayan P ^b   Yang, Ke Wu ^b   Crowder, Michael W ^b   Tierney, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BINDING ENERGY; BIODIVERSITY; CARBOXYLATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA STRUCTURES; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

INHIBITORY BINDING SITES; METAL INHIBITION; NUCLEOPHILIC WATER; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ENZYME IMIS; HISTIDINE; IMIPENEM; ISOLEUCINE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AEROMONAS VERONII; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; LIGAND BINDING; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BINDING SITES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMIPENEM; METALLOPROTEINS; METHIONINE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X-RAYS; ZINC;

AEROMONAS VERONII BV. SOBRIA;

EID: 33750970568     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi061547e     Document Type: Article

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