Visualizing molecular juggling within a B 12-dependent methyltransferase complex

Nature

Volumn 484, Issue 7393, 2012, Pages 265-269

  Kung, Yan ^a   Ando, Nozomi ^a   Doukov, Tzanko I ^a,d   Blasiak, Leah C ^a,e   Bender, Güneş ^b   Seravalli, Javier ^c   Ragsdale, Stephen W ^b   Drennan, Catherine L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRINOID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTEIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOORELLA THERMOACETICA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; BIOCATALYSIS; CORRINOIDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FOLIC ACID; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOORELLA; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VITAMIN B 12;

MOORELLA THERMOACETICA;

EID: 84859614723     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10916     Document Type: Article

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