Crystal Structures of Trypanosoma brucei and Staphylococcus aureus Mevalonate Diphosphate Decarboxylase Inform on the Determinants of Specificity and Reactivity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 540-553

  Byres, Emma ^a   Alphey, Magnus S ^a   Smith, Terry K ^a   Hunter, William N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

enzyme; isoprenoid; mechanism; trypanosomatid parasites

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; MEVALONATE DIPHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 34447283565     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.094     Document Type: Article

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