Biosynthesis of the urease metallocenter

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 13178-13185

  Farrugia, Mark A ^a   Macomber, Lee ^b   Hausinger, Robert P ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION MECHANISMS; ACTIVE SITE; ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; DINUCLEAR; METALLOENZYMES; POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; NICKEL;

PROTEINS;

APOPROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; ENZYME; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MBP UREF FUSION PROTEIN; METAL; NICKEL; PROTEIN URED; PROTEIN UREE; PROTEIN UREF; PROTEIN UREG; PROTEIN UREH; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE; UREE UREF FUSION PROTEIN;

ABCDE GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME METALLOCENTER; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; KLMQ GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPOROSARCINA PASTEURII; STRUCTURAL GENE; UREA2B2 GENE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHAPERONE CHAPERONIN; GTPASE; METALLOENZYMES; NICKEL; UREASE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COENZYMES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; IRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NICKEL; PLANT PROTEINS; UREASE;

EID: 84877690063     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R112.446526     Document Type: Review

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