Crystal structures of cobalamin-independent methionine synthase (MetE) from streptococcus mutans: A dynamic zinc-inversion model

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 412, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 688-697

  Fu, Tian Min ^a   Almqvist, Jonas ^b,c   Liang, Yu He ^d   Li, Lanfen ^a   Huang, Yafei ^b   Su, Xiao Dong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic equilibrium; homocysteine; MetE; methionine synthase; methyltetrahydrofolate

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 80052970361     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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