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Julie N Reitter1, Kenneth V Mills.
Abstract
A Thermobifida fusca intein has two characteristics of class 3 inteins: a noncontiguous covariant Trp-Cys-Thr triplet and a Ser flanking its C terminus. However, it has Cys at position one, characteristic of class 1 inteins. Splicing does not require the internal Cys, which may instead coordinate the active site. Therefore, the intein is class 1.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21131486 PMCID: PMC3028663 DOI: 10.1128/JB.01287-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490