Biochemical and computational analysis of the substrate specificities of Cfr and RlmN Methyltransferases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Ntokou, Eleni ^a   Hansen, Lykke Haastrup ^a   Kongsted, Jacob ^a   Vester, Birte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFR METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RLMN METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 23S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CFR PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; RLMN PROTEIN, E COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METHYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84956940341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145655     Document Type: Article

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