Conformational Changes and Reaction of Clostridial Glycosylating Toxins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 377, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1346-1356

  Ziegler, Mathias O P ^a   Jank, Thomas ^b   Aktories, Klaus ^b   Schulz, Georg E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

anomer retaining glycosyl transferases; Phillips mechanism; phosphoryl base; protein crystallography; Rho proteins

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOSYLATION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII;

EID: 40849117983     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.12.065     Document Type: Article

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