High-resolution crystal structure of the eukaryotic HMP-P synthase (THIC) from Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 438-444

  Coquille, Sandrine ^a   Roux, Céline ^a   Mehta, Angad ^b   Begley, Tadhg P ^b   Fitzpatrick, Teresa B ^a   Thore, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HMP P synthase; Metal binding site; SAM radical dependent enzyme; Thiamin biosynthesis; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 5 HYDROXYMETHYL 2 METHYLPYRIMIDINE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; COBALT; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; EUKARYOTA;

HMP-P SYNTHASE; METAL BINDING SITE; SAM RADICAL DEPENDENT ENZYME; THIAMIN BIOSYNTHESIS; X-RAY STRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 84888039165     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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