Synthesis of 5-hydroxyectoine from ectoine: Crystal structure of the non-heme iron(II) and 2-oxoglutarate- dependent dioxygenase EctD

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Reuter, Klaus ^a   Pittelkow, Marco ^a   Bursy, Jan ^a   Heine, Andreas ^a   Craan, Tobias ^a   Bremer, Erhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARATE DEPENDENT DIOXYGENASE; DIOXYGENASE; ECTOINE; ECTOINE HYDROXYLASE; FERROUS ION; NONHEME IRON PROTEIN; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; HYDROXYLATION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIOXYGENASES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEME; HYDROXYLATION; IRON; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLIABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; CRENARCHAEOTA; VIRGIBACILLUS SALEXIGENS;

EID: 77956278709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010647     Document Type: Article

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