Structural basis for glycyl radical formation by pyruvate formate-lyase activating enzyme

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 42, 2008, Pages 16137-16141

  Vey, Jessica L ^a   Yang, Jian ^c   Li, Meng ^c   Broderick, William E ^b   Broderick, Joan B ^b   Drennan, Catherine L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallography; Iron sulfur cluster; Metalloprotein; Radical chemistry; S adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; AMINO ACID; ARGINYLVALYLSERYLGLYCYLTYROSYLALANYLVALINE; ENZYME; FORMATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVATING ENZYME; HYDROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYMES; FREE RADICALS; GLYCINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55849139092     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806640105     Document Type: Article

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