Crystal structure of the ω-aminotransferase from Paracoccus denitrificans and its phylogenetic relationship with other class III amino- transferases that have biotechnological potential

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 774-787

  Rausch, Christian ^a   Lerchner, Alexandra ^a   Schiefner, André ^a   Skerra, Arne ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active site; Chiral amine; Fold type I; Phylogeny; PLP; Substrate specificity; Transaminase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINE; AMINO ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; OMEGA AMINOTRANSFERASE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BOOTSTRAPPING; CLADISTICS; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOBUTYRATES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PHYLOGENY; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THREONINE; TRANSAMINASES;

EUKARYOTA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 84875819299     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24233     Document Type: Article

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