Structural basis for the unusual specificity of Escherichia coli aminopeptidase N

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5303-5311

  Addlagatta, Anthony ^a,b   Gay, Leslie ^a   Matthews, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY;

NONPOLAR SIDE CHAIN; NONPOLAR SIDE CHAINS; THERMOLYSIN; WATER MOLECULES;

ENZYMES;

ALANINE; ALPHA AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GUANIDINE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN; LYSINE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; WATER; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LYSINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SODIUM; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 43249098656     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi7022333     Document Type: Article

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