Crystal structure of the thiamin diphosphate-dependent enzyme pyruvate decarboxylase from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae at 2.3 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 590-600

  Arjunan, P ^a,b   Umland, T ^a,b   Dyda, F ^a,b   Swaminathan, S ^a,b   Furey, W ^a,b   Sax, M ^a,b   Farrenkopf, B ^c   Gao, Y ^c   Zhang, D ^c   Jordan, F ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pyruvate decarboxylase; Thiamin diphosphate; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION; PYROPHOSPHATE; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; THIAMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES UVARUM;

EID: 0029967678     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0111     Document Type: Article

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