Structural, Biochemical, and In Vivo Investigations of the Threonine Synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 381, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 622-633

  Covarrubias, Adrian Suarez ^a   Högbom, Martin ^a   Bergfors, Terese ^a   Carroll, Paul ^b   Mannerstedt, Karin ^c   Oscarson, Stefan ^c   Parish, Tanya ^b   Jones, T Alwyn ^a   Mowbray, Sherry L ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

drug target; enzyme mechanism; threonine biosynthesis; tuberculosis; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE DELETION; IN VIVO STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 47849125135     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.05.086     Document Type: Article

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