Crystal structure of homoserine O-acetyltransferase from Leptospira interrogans

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 363, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1050-1056

  Wang, Mingzhu ^a,b,c   Liu, Lin ^a,b   Wang, Yanli ^a,b   Wei, Zhiyi ^a,b   Zhang, Ping ^a,b   Li, Yikun ^a,b   Jiang, Xiaohua ^a,b   Xu, Hang ^a   Gong, Weimin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

hydrolase superfamily; Catalytic triad; Crystal structure; Double conformations; Homoserine O acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HYDROLASE; BETA HYDROLASE; HOMOSERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROLASE; METHIONINE; SELENOMETHIONYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTIDINE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SERINE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 35148840214     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.08.153     Document Type: Article

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