Clostridium difficile toxin glucosyltransferase domains in complex with a non-hydrolyzable UDP-glucose analogue

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 203-209

  Alvin, Joseph W ^a   Lacy, D Borden ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial toxin; Clostridium difficile; Crystallography; Glucosyltransferase; UDP glucose

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TCDA; PROTEIN TCDB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

APIGENIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROTOXINS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN BINDING; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

EID: 85018684232     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2017.04.006     Document Type: Article

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