Structural analysis of protein-protein interactions in type i polyketide synthases

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-122

  Xu, Wei ^a   Qiao, Kangjian ^a   Tang, Yi ^a,b  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Biosynthesis; Fatty acid synthase; Macromolecular docking; Mutagenesis; Natural products; Protein NMR; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ENOYLREDUCTASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; KETOREDUCTASE; KETOSYNTHASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS;

EID: 84875629932     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: 15497798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2012.745476     Document Type: Review

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