Active site remodelling accompanies thioester bond formation in the SUMO E1.
Olsen, S.K., Capili, A.D., Lu, X., Tan, D.S., Lima, C.D.(2010) Nature 463: 906-912
- PubMed: 20164921 
- DOI: 10.1038/nature08765
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3KYC, 3KYD - PubMed Abstract: 
E1 enzymes activate ubiquitin (Ub) and ubiquitin-like (Ubl) proteins in two steps by carboxy-terminal adenylation and thioester bond formation to a conserved catalytic cysteine in the E1 Cys domain. The structural basis for these intermediates remain ...