Crystal structure of bacteriophage φNIT1 zinc peptidase PghP that hydrolyzes γ-glutamyl linkage of bacterial poly-γ-glutamate

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 722-732

  Fujimoto, Zui ^a   Kimura, Keitarou ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage; Merohedral twin; Metallopeptidase; Poly glutamate hydrolase; Zinc ion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GAMMA GLUTAMYL HYDROLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METALLOPROTEINASE; POLYGAMMA GLUTAMATE HYDROLASE P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC ION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE PHINIT1; BETA SHEET; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; METALLOPROTEASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZINC;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 84856804738     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.23229     Document Type: Article

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