Crystal structure of uncleaved L-aspartate-α-decarboxylase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 796-802

  Gopalan, Gayathri ^a,d   Chopra, Sidharth ^b   Ranganathan, Anand ^b   Swaminathan, Kunchithapadam ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADC; Crystal structure; Drug target; L aspartate decarboxylase; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; panD gene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; ASPARTATE ALPHA DECARBOXYLASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PANTOTHENIC ACID; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PYRUVIC ACID; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PAND GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; ROTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33751105514     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21126     Document Type: Article

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