Mutational analysis of Escherichia coli MoeA: Two functional activities map to the active site cleft

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-86

  Nichols, Jason D ^a   Xiang, Song ^b   Schindelin, Hermann ^b,c   Rajagopalan, K V ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGATION; MOLYBDENUM COFACTORS; MOLYBDOPTERIN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS;

BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR; MOLYBDOPTERIN; PROTEIN MOEA; PROTEIN MOGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; COENZYMES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; METALLOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLYBDENUM; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PTERIDINES; SULFURTRANSFERASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYPSOPHRYS NICARAGUENSIS;

EID: 33846070209     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi061551q     Document Type: Article

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