Structure of the catalytic domain of the class I polyhydroxybutyrate synthase from Cupriavidus necator

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 291, Issue 48, 2016, Pages 25264-25277

  Wittenborn, Elizabeth C ^a   Jost, Marco ^a,b   Wei, Yifeng ^a,c   Stubbe, JoAnne ^a   Drennan, Catherine L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Agency for Science   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHARACTERIZATION; DIMERS;

BIODEGRA-DABLE MATERIALS; DIMERIC ARCHITECTURE; ECO-FRIENDLY MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; SIDE-CHAIN INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

DIMER; HISTIDINE; MONOMER; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; LIGASES; PROTEIN DOMAINS;

EID: 84997834600     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M116.756833     Document Type: Article

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