The structural biology of biosynthetic megaenzymes

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 660-670

  Weissman, Kira J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; POLYMER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STREPTOMYCES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84939506515     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1883     Document Type: Review

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