Structural insights into the alanine racemase from Enterococcus faecalis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1794, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1030-1040

  Priyadarshi, Amit ^a,b   Lee, Eun Hye ^b   Sung, Min Woo ^b   Nam, Ki Hyun ^b   Lee, Won Ho ^b   Kim, Eunice EunKyeong ^a   Hwang, Kwang Yeon ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; d cycloserine; Enterococcus faecalis; PEG; PLP

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; APOENZYME; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYCLOSERINE; DIMER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS ALANINE RACEMASE; HISTIDINE; HYDROGEN; MACROGOL; MONOMER; SERINE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALANINE RACEMASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67349206089     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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