Abstract:
:Recently solved structures and proposed models have helped to reveal the structural characteristics of the beta-propeller fold, as well as the features that contribute to its high rigidity and stability. Possible strategies for identifying beta-propeller proteins in newly characterised sequences are helping to overcome the problems of predicting the beta-propeller fold from amino acid sequences.
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Curr Opin Struct Bioljournal_title
Current opinion in structural biologyauthors
Fülöp V,Jones DTdoi
10.1016/s0959-440x(99)00035-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-12-01 00:00:00pages
715-21issue
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0959-440Xissn
1879-033Xpii
S0959-440X(99)00035-4journal_volume
9pub_type
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journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
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journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
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journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
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journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
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journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
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journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
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更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
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更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2009.05.003
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
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journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
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更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
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更新日期:2001-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::2-Oxoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductases (OFORs) are essential enzymes in microbial one-carbon metabolism. They use thiamine pyrophosphate to reversibly cleave carbon-carbon bonds, generating low potential (∼-500mV) electrons. Crystallographic analysis of a recently discovered OFOR, an oxalate oxidoreductase (OOR), has pr...
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abstract::The polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is a conserved multiprotein, repressive chromatin complex essential for development and maintenance of eukaryotic cellular identity. PRC2 comprises a trimeric core of SUZ12, EED and EZH1/2, which together with RBBP4/7 is sufficient to catalyse mono-methylation, di-methylation a...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
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