Structural Characterization of the Enzymes Composing the Arginine Deiminase Pathway in Mycoplasma penetrans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Gallego, Pablo ^a   Planell, Raquel ^a   Benach, Jordi ^b   Querol, Enrique ^a   Perez Pons, Josep A ^a   Reverter, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Experiments Division   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DEIMINASE; CARBAMATE KINASE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MYCOPLASMA PENETRANS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYCOPLASMA PENETRANS; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (CARBOXYL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867635948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047886     Document Type: Article

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