Two Crystal Structures of Pneumococcal Pilus Sortase C Provide Novel Insights into Catalysis and Substrate Specificity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 393, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 704-716

  Neiers, Fabrice ^a,b   Madhurantakam, Chaithanya ^a   Fälker, Stefan ^a,b   Manzano, Clothilde ^c   Dessen, Andrea ^c   Normark, Staffan ^a   Henriques Normark, Birgitta ^a,b   Achour, Adnane ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

catalysis; crystal structure; pili; sortase; substrate recognition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; SORTASE; SORTASE A; SORTASE B; SORTASE C; SORTASE D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 70349975956     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.08.058     Document Type: Article

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