Structure of the antitumour enzyme L-methionine γ-lyase from Pseudomonas putida at 1.8 Å resolution

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 535-544

  Kudou, Daizou ^a   Misaki, Shintaro ^b   Yamashita, Masao ^a   Tamura, Takashi ^a   Takakura, Tomoaki ^b   Yoshioka, Takayuki ^b   Yagi, Shigeo ^c   Hoffman, Robert M ^c   Takimoto, Akio ^b   Esaki, Nobuyoshi ^d   Inagaki, Kenji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

^c ANTICANCER INC   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

L methionine lyase; Pyridoxal 5 phosphate; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTEINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; TYROSINE; L-METHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; LYASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 38149061604     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvm055     Document Type: Article

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