Structural and Functional Insights into O-Methyltransferase from Bacillus cereus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 382, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 987-997

  Cho, Jang Hee ^a   Park, Younghee ^b   Ahn, Joong Hoon ^b   Lim, Yoongho ^b   Rhee, Sangkee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; crystal structure; metal dependent OMT; O methyltransferases; substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; O METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 51249089445     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.07.080     Document Type: Article

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