Crystal Structure of Diaminopimelate Epimerase from Arabidopsis thaliana, an Amino Acid Racemase Critical for l-Lysine Biosynthesis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 385, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 580-594

  Pillai, Bindu ^a   Moorthie, Vijayalakshmi A ^a   van Belkum, Marco J ^a   Marcus, Sandra L ^a   Cherney, Maia M ^a   Diaper, Christopher M ^a   Vederas, John C ^a   James, Michael N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; aziridino diaminopimelate; crystal structure; diaminopimelate epimerase; PLP independent amino acid racemase

Indexed keywords

2 (4 AMINO 4 CARBOXYBUTYL)AZIRIDINE 2 CARBOXYLATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; DIAMINOPIMELATE EPIMERASE; EPIMERASE; LYSINE; RACEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME INHIBITOR COMPLEX; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; ISOMER; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58149085963     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.10.072     Document Type: Article

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