Characterisation of dihydrodipicolinate synthase (DHDPS) from Bacillus anthracis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1794, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1510-1516

  Domigan, L J ^a   Scally, S W ^b,c   Fogg, M J ^d   Hutton, C A ^b,c   Perugini, M A ^b,c   Dobson, R C J ^a,b,c   Muscroft Taylor, A C ^a   Gerrard, J A ^a   Devenish, S R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Dihydrodipicolinate synthase; Enzyme kinetics; Isothermal titration calorimetry; Lysine biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; DIHYDRODIPICOLINATE SYNTHASE; LYSINE; PYRUVIC ACID; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUOROMETRY; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDRO-LYASES; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; LIGANDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 69449093661     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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