The PE-PPE domain in mycobacterium reveals a serine α/β hydrolase fold and function: An In-Silico analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sultana, Rafiya ^a   Tanneeru, Karunakar ^a   Guruprasad, Lalitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SERINE HYDROLASE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA SERINE HYDROLASE; CUTINASE; ESTERASE; HISTIDINE; HYDROLASE; PROLYLGLUTAMIC ACID; PROLYLPROLYLGLUTAMIC ACID; SERINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPUTER MODEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHODOCOCCUS; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; RHODOCOCCUS;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HYDROLASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79951826143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016745     Document Type: Article

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