Crystal structures of the regulatory subunit of Thr-sensitive aspartate kinase from Thermus thermophilus

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3124-3136

  Yoshida, Ayako ^a   Tomita, Takeo ^a   Kono, Hidetoshi ^b   Fushinobu, Shinya ^a   Kuzuyama, Tomohisa ^a   Nishiyama, Makoto ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN SPring 8 Center ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

ACT domain; Allosteric regulation; Crystal structure; Thermostability; Threonine biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME REGULATION; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ASPARTATE KINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; THREONINE;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 65549149035     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07030.x     Document Type: Article

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