Crystal structure of spy0129, a Streptococcus pyogenes class B sortase involved in pilus assembly

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kang, Hae Joo ^a,b,c   Coulibaly, Fasséli ^a,b,d   Proft, Thomas ^a   Baker, Edward N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; PILIN; PROTEIN SPY0129; SORTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION; AMINO ACID; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; SORTASE B; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; FIMBRIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZINC;

EID: 79251587447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015969     Document Type: Article

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