Comprehensive structural characterization of the bacterial homospermidine synthase-an essential enzyme of the polyamine metabolism

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Krossa, Sebastian ^a   Faust, Annette ^a   Ober, Dietrich ^a   Scheidig, Axel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOMOSPERMIDINE SYNTHETASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; POLYAMINE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATION; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NAD; POLYAMINES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84955123459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19501     Document Type: Article

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