Catabolic ornithine carbamoyltransferase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Importance of the N-terminal region for dodecameric structure and homotropic carbamoylphosphate cooperativity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 283-293

  Nguyen, T ^a   Baker, D P ^a   Tricot, C ^a   Baur, H ^a   Villeret, V ^a   Dideberg, O ^a   Gigot, D ^a   Stalon, V ^a   Haas, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allosteric; Ornithine carbamoyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE; HYBRID PROTEIN; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0029864712     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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