Structure-function relationships of the lanthionine cyclase SpaC involved in biosynthesis of the Bacillus subtilis peptide antibiotic subtilin

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3224-3233

  Helfrich, Markus ^a   Entian, Karl Dieter ^a   Stein, Torsten ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS PEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC SUBTILIN; DEHYDRATASE; LANTIBIOTIC SUBTILIN;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING ENERGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; MUTAGENS;

ENZYMES;

ALANINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; ERICIN A; ERICIN S; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; HYDROLYASE; ISOLEUCINE; LANTHIONINE; LANTIBIOTIC; LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NISIN; PROTEIN ERIC; PROTEIN NISC; PROTEIN SPAB; PROTEIN SPAC; PROTEIN SPAT; SUBTILIN; SYNTHETASE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOCINS; ENZYMES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 33947364360     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi062124f     Document Type: Article

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