Structures of 5-methylthioribose kinase reveal substrate specificity and unusual mode of nucleotide bindingStructures of 5-methylthioribose kinase reveal substrate specificity and unusual mode of nucleotide binding

Structural highlights

2pul is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Bacillus subtilis. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2Å
Ligands:, ,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

MTNK_BACSU Catalyzes the phosphorylation of methylthioribose into methylthioribose-1-phosphate.[1]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

References

  1. Sekowska A, Mulard L, Krogh S, Tse JK, Danchin A. MtnK, methylthioribose kinase, is a starvation-induced protein in Bacillus subtilis. BMC Microbiol. 2001;1:15. Epub 2001 Aug 8. PMID:11545674

2pul, resolution 2.00Å

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