Predicting Protein Function from Structure-The Roles of Short-chain Dehydrogenase/Reductase Enzymes in Bordetella O-antigen Biosynthesis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 374, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 749-763

  King, Jerry D ^a   Harmer, Nicholas J ^a   Preston, Andrew ^a,b   Palmer, Colin M ^a   Rejzek, Martin ^c   Field, Robert A ^c   Blundell, Tom L ^a   Maskell, Duncan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bordetella; lipopolysaccharide; O antigen biosynthesis; short chain dehydrogenase reductase; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; EPIMERASE; HISTIDINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; O ANTIGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN WBMF; PROTEIN WBMG; PROTEIN WBMH; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE 2,3 DIACETAMIDO 2,3 DIDEOXY LEVO GALACTURONIC ACID;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; EPIMERIZATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WBMF GENE; WBMG GENE; WBMH GENE;

BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS;

EID: 35548957256     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.09.055     Document Type: Article

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