Crystal structure of the YgfZ protein from Escherichia coli suggests a folate-dependent regulatory role in one-carbon metabolism

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 7134-7140

  Teplyakov, Alexey ^a   Obmolova, Galina ^a   Sarikaya, Elif ^a   Pullalarevu, Sadhana ^a   Krajewski, Wojciech ^a   Galkin, Andrey ^a   Howard, Andrew J ^b   Herzberg, Osnat ^a   Gilliland, Gary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETAINE; CARBON; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE OXIDASE; FOLIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN YGFZ; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BINDING SITE; CARBON METABOLISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARBON; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 6044267984     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.21.7134-7140.2004     Document Type: Article

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