Discovery of sarcosine dimethylglycine methyltransferase from Galdieria sulphuraria

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 368-377

  McCoy, Jason G ^a   Bailey, Lucas J ^a   Ng, Yi Han ^a   Bingman, Craig A ^a   Wrobel, Russell ^a   Weber, Andreas P M ^a   Fox, Brian G ^a   Phillips Jr , George N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Betaine synthesis; Osmoregulation; Structural genomics; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETAINE; BETAINE SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MYCOLIC ACID; SARCOSINE; SARCOSINE DIMETHYLGLYCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALGAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILE; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RED ALGA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EUKARYOTA; GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA;

ALGAE, RED; ALGAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME STABILITY; KINETICS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SARCOSINE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 59449095035     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22147     Document Type: Article

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