Biochemical and structural studies of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis O6-methylguanine methyltransferase and mutated variants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2728-2736

  Miggiano, Riccardo ^a   Casazza, Valentina ^a   Garavaglia, Silvia ^a   Ciaramell, Maria ^b   Perugino, Giuseppe ^b   Rizzi, Menico ^a   Rossia, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA ALKYLATION; DNA BINDING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84880013566     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02298-12     Document Type: Article

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