Structure and reactivity of bacillus subtilis MenD catalyzing the first committed step in menaquinone biosynthesis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 401, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-264

  Dawson, Alice ^a   Chen, Minjiao ^b   Fyfe, Paul K ^a   Guo, Zhihong ^b   Hunter, William N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Enzyme mechanism; Menaquinone biosynthesis; Thiamine diphosphate cofactor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROXYL GROUP; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MANGANESE; MENAQUINONE; METAL ION DEPENDENT 2 SUCCINYL 5 ENOLPYRUVYL 6 HYDROXY 3 CYCLOHEXADIENE 1 CARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE; PHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STEADY STATE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 77955089175     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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