Crystal structure analysis of the polysialic acid specific O-acetyltransferase NeuO

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Schulz, Eike C ^a   Bergfeld, Anne K ^b,c   Ficner, Ralf ^a   Mühlenhoff, Martina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN NEUO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; NEUO PROTEIN, E COLI; POLYSIALIC ACID; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIALIC ACIDS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952297774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017403     Document Type: Article

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