The molecular architecture of glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase

Protein Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 432-440

  Thoden, James B ^a   Holden, Hazel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Glucose 1 phosphate uridylyltransferase; UDP glucose; UDP glucose pyrophosphorylase; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; EPSILON NITROGEN; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE THYMIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBOSE; TETRAMER; THYMIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; UTP-GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33847298203     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.062626007     Document Type: Article

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