Crystallographic Snapshot of Glycosylasparaginase Precursor Poised for Autoprocessing

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 403, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-130

  Wang, Yeming ^a   Guo, Hwai Chen ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic mechanism; Glycosylasparaginase; Inhibitor free precursor structure; Pre autoproteolysis; Twist and break mechanism

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; N4 (BETA N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYL)ASPARAGINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; WILD TYPE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLAVOBACTERIUM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ASPARTYLGLUCOSYLAMINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 77957254697     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.08.038     Document Type: Article

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