Biochemical and structural characterization of alanine racemase from Bacillus anthracis (Ames)

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Table 2 Average r.m.s.d. (Å) between the Cα atoms of Alr_Bax and other Alrs

Alanine Racemase	Whole monomers^a	N-terminal domains^b	C-terminal domains^c	Active site^d
Alr_Gst	1.10 (57%)	1.07 (57%)	0.60 (59%)	0.45 (73%)
Alr_Sla	1.71 (37%)	1.66 (36%)	1.12 (39%)	0.73 (51%)
Alr_Mtb	1.84 (39%)	1.64 (36%)	1.11 (40%)	0.83 (44%)
DadX_Pao	2.30 (26%)	1.82 (26%)	1.43 (32%)	0.81 (41%)

Numbers in parenthesis denote sequence identity with Alr_Bax. ^aCalculated using monomer A. ^bCalculated using residues 4–245. ^cCalculated using residues 246–389. ^dCalculated using residues 39–45, 63–67, 84–88, 103–107, 127–140, 163–171, 203–210, 221–228, 356–363 from monomer A and 268–271 and 314–319 from monomer B.

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