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Backbone assignments of the 34 kDa ketopantoate reductase from E. coli

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Ketopantoate reductase is an essential enzyme for pantothenate (vitamin B5) synthesis and a potential antibiotic target. Here we report the 15N and 1HN, 13C′, 13Cα and 13Cβ chemical shift assignments of the 34 kDa ketopantoate reductase in its apo state.

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We thank Prof. Chris Abell for the pRSETA plasmid containing the panE gene. Some of the data were recorded at the Bio21 NMR Facility, Melbourne 3010, Victoria, Australia.

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Headey, S.J., Vom, A., Simpson, J.S. et al. Backbone assignments of the 34 kDa ketopantoate reductase from E. coli . Biomol NMR Assign 2, 93–96 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12104-008-9093-9

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