Structure of the PPX/GPPA Phosphatase from Aquifex aeolicus in Complex with the Alarmone ppGpp

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 375, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1469-1476

  Kristensen, Ole ^a   Ross, Birthe ^a   Gajhede, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aquifex aeolicus; exopolyphosphatase; guanosine pentaphosphate; stringent response

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE PENTAPHOSPHATE PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 37549035447     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.11.073     Document Type: Article

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