Crystal structure of the homocysteine methyltransferase MmuM from Escherichia coli

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 473, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 277-284

  Li, Kunhua ^a   Li, Gengnan ^a   Bradbury, Louis M T ^b,c   Hanson, Andrew D ^b   Bruner, Steven D ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosylmethionine; Homocysteine S methyltransferase; Metabolite damage; Metabolite repair; Methionine biosynthesis; S methylmethionine

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; MMUM PROTEIN, E COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84957865422     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20150980     Document Type: Article

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