Crystal structures of two novel sulfonylurea herbicides in complex with Arabidopsis thaliana acetohydroxyacid synthase

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1282-1290

  Wang, Jian Guo ^a   Lee, Patrick K M ^b   Dong, Yu Hui ^e   Pang, Siew Siew ^b,c   Duggleby, Ronald G ^b,d   Li, Zheng Ming ^a   Guddat, Luke W ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d RDBiotec ^*  (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Acetohydroxyacid synthase; Branched chain amino acids; Crystal structure; Herbicide; Sulfonylurea

Indexed keywords

2 ACETOLACTATE MUTASE; 2 ACETYL 2 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; 2 KETOBUTYRATE; ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA ACETOHYDROXYACID SYNTHASE; BRIDGED COMPOUND; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COCARBOXYLASE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; HERBICIDE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; MONOSULFURON; MONOSULFURON ESTER; NITROGEN; PYRUVIC ACID; SULFONYLUREA; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ATOM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHINA; CROP; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; WEED;

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HERBICIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SULFONAMIDES; SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE; TRIAZINES;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 60349088171     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.06863.x     Document Type: Article

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