Substrate binding and catalysis by L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase: A mutagenesis and crystallographic study

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 483-490

  Fritsche, Erich ^a   Humm, Andreas ^a   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creatine; L arginine:glycine amidinotransferase; Reaction mechanism; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE AMIDINOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0030839665     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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