Elucidation of the dual role of mycobacterial MoeZR in molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis and cysteine biosynthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Voss, Martin ^a   Nimtz, Manfred ^b   Leimkühler, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR; PROTEIN CYSO; PROTEIN MOAD1; PROTEIN MOAD2; PROTEIN MOEBR; PROTEIN MOEZR; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COENZYMES; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; KINETICS; METALLOPROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PTERIDINES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SULFURTRANSFERASES;

EID: 82355161906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028170     Document Type: Article

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