Structure and function of the transketolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and comparison with the human enzyme

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Volumn 2, Issue JANUARY, 2012, Pages

  Fullam, Elizabeth ^a,c   Pojer, Florence ^a   Bergfors, Terese ^b   Jones, T Alwyn ^b   Cole, Stewart T ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enzyme kinetics; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pentose pathway; Transketolase; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSKETOLASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ENZYME KINETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PENTOSE PATHWAY; TRANSKETOLASE; X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSKETOLASE;

EID: 84864196438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.110026     Document Type: Article

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