Self-sacrifice in radical S-adenosylmethionine proteins

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 543-552

  Booker, Squire J ^a   Cicchillo, Robert M ^a   Grove, Tyler L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' DEOXYADENOSYL RADICAL; BIOTIN SYNTHASE; CYSTEINE; HYDROGEN; LIPOYL SYNTHASE; METALLOPROTEIN; OXIDIZING AGENT; PROTEIN MIAB; RADICAL; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFUR; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATOM; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; REVIEW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGENATION; PROTEINS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFURTRANSFERASES;

EID: 35348854977     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.08.028     Document Type: Review

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