A structural and functional study on the 2-C-methyl-d-erythritol-4-phosphate cytidyltransferase (IspD) from Bacillus subtilis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Jin, Yun ^a,b,c   Liu, Zhongchuan ^a,b   Li, Yanjie ^a,b   Liu, Weifeng ^d   Tao, Yong ^d   Wang, Ganggang ^a,b  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84994469233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep36379     Document Type: Article

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