Branched intermediate formation stimulates peptide bond cleavage in protein splicing

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 527-533

  Frutos, Silvia ^a   Goger, Michael ^b   Giovani, Baldissera ^a   Cowburn, David ^b   Muir, Tom W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; INTEIN; SUCCINIMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI;

EID: 77953806959     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.371     Document Type: Article

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