Biochemistry and Crystal Structure of Ectoine Synthase: A Metal-Containing Member of the Cupin Superfamily

• Nils Widderich ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nils Widderich, Stefanie Kobus

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Laboratory for Microbiology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

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• Stefanie Kobus ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nils Widderich, Stefanie Kobus

  Affiliation X-ray Facility and Crystal Farm, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Astrid Höppner,

  Affiliation X-ray Facility and Crystal Farm, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Ramona Riclea,

  Affiliations Kekulé-Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Institute of Organic Chemistry, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

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• Andreas Seubert,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

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• Jeroen S. Dickschat,

  Affiliations Kekulé-Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Institute of Organic Chemistry, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

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• Johann Heider,

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Laboratory for Microbiology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany, LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-University Marburg, D-35043 Marburg, Germany

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• Sander H. J. Smits ,

  * E-mail: sander.smits@hhu.de (SS); bremer@staff.uni-marburg.de (EB)

  Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Erhard Bremer

  * E-mail: sander.smits@hhu.de (SS); bremer@staff.uni-marburg.de (EB)

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Laboratory for Microbiology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany, LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-University Marburg, D-35043 Marburg, Germany

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